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RAG vs. Direct Context: I Tested Both on Real Documents, Here's What Broke

A hands-on test of BGE-M3 + Qwen3 (RAG vs. direct-context answering) on a real research paper and a full-length book including a retrieval bug hiding in a footnote, and one surprisingly good model…

  • RAG and direct-context answering tested on real documents
  • RAG failed with full-length book, retrieved footnote as main contribution
  • RAG excelled with specific question about book, identified lack of relevant context

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