"I recommend this. Reading it is better than not reading it, and you may not have been aware of its existence."
The recommender is in no position to know whether your next-best alternative was reading another work on the subject or reloading hacker news or taking a nap.
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"I recommend this. Reading it is better than not reading it, and you may not have been aware of its existence."
The recommender is in no position to know whether your next-best alternative was reading another work on the subject or reloading hacker news or taking a nap.
The recommendation and its follow-up question were about alternatives in the context of learning about quantum mechanics.