And the paper that started those thoughts:
Asif Ahmed Sami, Leónie Bentsink, Mariana A S Artur, The phylotranscriptomic profile of angiosperm seed development follows a reverse hourglass pattern, The Plant Cell, Volume 37, Issue 12, December 2025, koaf266, doi.org/10.1093/plce...
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It makes me wonder if maturing seeds are a relatively novel thing as seen from an evolutionary perspective, and what would have happened before that evolutionary invention? Were seeds germinating quicker, even in unfavourable conditions? Could they be stored less long? 2/3

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In my latest post I go in a bit more detail about this.
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But then remember why you became a scientist: to learn and discover new things. Till we have found a way to plug in new information directly into our brains, the only way to learn is the slow way, through reading those articles that tell what your fellow scientist found out.
#ReadingPapers #AI

In my post I explain how the learning process is interrupted.

aboutacademicwritingandzo.substack.com/p/to-use-or-...

#AcademicReading #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions

But not only that, letting AI do the processing of your articles means you are not doing that, and missing out on learning new stuff, even if it is not directly relevant to what you might need right now.
#AcademicReading #ReadingPapers #AI #SpacedRepetitions

Or go directly to the article:
J. Wang, X. Liao, Z. Wu, S. Sane, S. Han, Q. Chen, X. Shi, X. Dai, M. Klintenäs, O. Nilsson, & J. Ding, Genetic control of seasonal meristem arrest in trees, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (48) e2505641122, doi.org/10.1073/pnas... (2025).

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Of ga gelijk naar het artikel:
J. Wang, X. Liao, Z. Wu, S. Sane, S. Han, Q. Chen, X. Shi, X. Dai, M. Klintenäs, O. Nilsson, & J. Ding, Genetic control of seasonal meristem arrest in trees, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (48) e2505641122, doi.org/10.1073/pnas... (2025)

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I agree with that. It appears to help, as you get an answer, but by getting an answer from AI you bypasses your won learning process, and the knowledge won't stick.

And while I am writing this I realise AI can also make it easier to learn, but only if we use it consciously, and not as a shortcut doing the hard work for us.

What are your thoughts about AI and learning new things, is it helpful or not?

Read in my new Substack post how to write an attracting abstract

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