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Don't develop the illusion of competence!
Read your textbook efficiently!Don't be a reading Zombie! Instead set specific active reading goals for reading EVERY SINGLE DAY (and take notes)--- then reward yourself for doing it.
Spaced Repetition: very powerful learning!Maintaining a Laboratory NotebookWhile the following video (Keeping a Laboratory Notebook) does not describe, precisely, the requirements for keeping a detailed lab notebook in experimental sciences - it does a a really good job of showing the professionalism that should be applied to keeping a lab notebook
Keeping a non-Laboratory Science NotebookPlace-holder...more on this soon.
Trust - but verifyDO NOT simply trust things you read about or are told. Remain skeptical without being cynical. The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is a perfect example of something that can be made to look real. Be sure to apply the following six rules to evidence of a claim:
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