As on my own opinion alot of newbies have fallen in to hand of scammers because of their insufficient knowledge about Bitcoin so therefore it take a high risk to make an investment when you yet to understand the Bitcoin investment to avoid been scammed of your hard earnings
Take your time learn and implement before you inter market or make any investment as a newbie
Your subject-topic almost sounded like a question, until I read the whole thread.
Op, I normally do advice that people learn about Bitcoin before investing; There could be no harm in investing without having a pre-knowledge, but you'd only have yourself to blame should anything happen as a result of your ignorance.
Does it cost you alot to learn about something you wanna invest in? No! Are you just being too lazy or more interested in the outcome, without giving a Fk to how that happens? Yes!