It is easy to find articles and guides designed for laypeople. If you know the right keyword, it is just as easy to find professional/expert level papers and articles. I have noticed that this is the case across fields. Is that what other folks experience? Where do you go for information when laypeople articles are too basic, but every expert level article is beyond you?

  • @blank_sl8@lemmy.ml
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    83 years ago

    Textbooks! You can find textbooks on almost any topic that are aimed at undergraduate university students. It wasn’t until I got to college and browsed the extensive libraries for a few hours that I realized how much of the world’s knowledge is still in books.

  • @yeeper@lemmy.ml
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    73 years ago

    I know this is a very specific answer and probably not what you are looking for, but anyways:

    In the Netherlands there is a magazine called ars aequi which is a law magazine specialized for law students where both students and professors can write articles for. The articles are mostly written with in such a style that it analyzes complex law problems but in mind that it should be easily understood by every student; so also the students that have just begun with their study. I would say that even people who never studied law but are interested in it and are able to learn fast, could easily understand what the articles are trying to say. Too bad the magazine is only in Dutch, the concept is very good and contributes in my opinion to the enthusiasm people have for this field.

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        3 years ago

        Those are both what I was thinking of. The law journal sounds like it would be great. I skimmed the conversation’s site and I think I’ll be going back when I have specific deeper answers to find.

  • @Jeffrey@lemmy.ml
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    73 years ago

    Books from the local library. Most non-fiction is written to be digestible by the general public, whereas published papers will assume a lot of preexisting knowledge in the audience.

    Many books are not written too differently from the articles for laypersons, but a book has your attention for 5-10 hours as opposed to 5-10 minutes with an article. All that extra time allows for elaboration on the nuance and context that matters for meaningful discussion about a topic.

    • @Slatlun@lemmy.mlOP
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      33 years ago

      Good point. I guess to the same end you could read straight through some subject specific blogs.