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In a very real sense, blogging is good for your memory. It’s a shame that not more people know this, but I intend to make that point clear here. There’s an old adage that if you want to master something, you should teach it. Obviously teaching something doesn’t automatically make you an expert, but the fact of the matter is that in order to competently teach something, you must know it well. This is why many students study better when they know they have an upcoming test, and why science bloggers (if they’re competent) know plenty about what they discuss. The medium of blogging forces us to research, or else face the well-deserved scrutiny that comes along with public discourse. For this reason, blogging takes a lot of effort, but as you’ll see, it’s certainly worth it.