# Olah 2017: Research Debt

> Chris Olah, Shan Carter, 2017. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The inquiry-framework survey lists it among models for the site's presentation…

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# Research Debt

Chris Olah, Shan Carter, 2017. _Distill_.

An essay in Distill arguing that poor explanation leaves a field with 'research debt', and that distilling and explaining results is itself research work.

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## What it's used for here

The inquiry-framework survey lists it among models for the site's presentation, for the argument that explanation and distillation count as research.

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## Cite it

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Olah, C., & Carter, S. (2017). Research Debt. Distill. https://distill.pub/2017/research-debt/
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[Read it free at distill.pub](https://distill.pub/2017/research-debt/)

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