Is it good to trim or cut off dried up or burnt leaves? I figure they arnt going to do anything except possible slow the plant down by using energy and trying to put nutrients back into the leaf. I think if they are gone it will distribute the extra energy to the healthy parts of the plant

Yes...I would remove them. Sometime if there is a sizable amount of green left on the leaf, you can just trim the dead or dying area off the leaf.

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only take off whole leaves if the majority of them are dead. snipping yellow edges of leaves will save the plant some energy, so go ahead and do that. make sure to sterilize your scissors/blade, those fresh cuts on plants can breed bacteria

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I will clip off any dying or almost dead leaves. If leaves are blocking buds I will remove fingers to expose the buds to the light. The less you have to remove the better but more light to the buds is important for yield.

All above are correct. I take damaged or dying or dead leaves right off. Less possible sites for fungas and mould growth and the plant makes new leaves, just like you make new hairs. The damaged leaves take a lot of energy from the plant as it tries to fix them, so less energy for new leaves. And if the leaves are blocking bud sites, try to tuck them under, rather than remove them. These are food factories and it has been proved by other growers that the old school thought of removing fan leaves in flower, slowed the plant down when making buds. So keep what you can, and remove damage ones.

Yes, someone will have to check them while you are away. Or you will have crispy critters!

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Growing indoors there is a trade-off. Removing leaves improves light penetration and air circulation, but reduces the amount of light the plant can convert to sugar.
I remove the leaves that block light and air from the buds, but leave the lower, bigger, older leaves, even when they are damaged or partially dried up. I just pick or tear off whatever I want to remove. I have never seen any fungus or bacteria take hold from this action. Maybe, if you are using dim lighting, and your plants are not vigorous, this could occur, or if the plants have just been moved into bright light--but that's not when to remove leaves.
Outdoors, I have seen plants that deer and rats have chewed on, and pulled apart. The plants do not try to repair damaged sections, except for stems, which are needed to circulate water and nutrients, and to support the plant. They just use whatever is left to grow some more--in many cases, prodigous amounts of new growth, if the damage was early in the annual cycle. I have never seen a fungus or bacteria invade a plant as a result of this, and believe me, the mouth of a deer or rat is plenty dirty.
Leaves that are old, partially dried out, discolored, etc., may look wrong to us, but the plant isn't bothered at all. It's natural for old leaves to die off.
Some varieties seem to benefit from having a lot of leaves removed during the final four weeks of flower. Apparently, getting the buds into the light is more helpful to the plant than the sugar those removed leaves would be producing.