Is studying in-depth about options trading worth it? As most of us just follow the herd

I am a newbie to options trading, and I was starting to read books about trading. But I keep hearing things like - people lose a lot more money in it than they make. So I am starting to think whether studying about it is even worth it? Because ultimately most of us just follow the herd. If we get some advice from friends, or read it somewhere, we search for the supporting evidences and just do that. So this doesn't really require any deep understanding of trading.

So I am just wondering whether i should even spend time studying it in depth, or just understand the basics and get going.