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15113834 No.15113834 [Reply] [Original]

What is the best way to go about self-education? How would you learn things from scratch?

>> No.15113848

>>15113834
Well what do you want to learn ?

>> No.15114054

>>15113848
STEM in general.

>> No.15114069

Khan academy paired with relevant books until you reach like second year college level stuff and then MIT courseware paired with relevant books for the rest.

>> No.15114114

>>15113834
Books, YouTube, and wikipedia - remember books cost money so make sure you pick a highly rated one for your chosen topic; it's worth doing research on books.

Also remember that anybody can upload a YouTube video. If you want to actually learn from YouTube, it's way easier to watch reliable sources (people who open have PhDs in a related topic) only. Midwits doing backyard experiments with clickbait thumbnails won't help

>> No.15114121

>>15114114
Also obviously Wikipedia is a little sketch but in recent years, most content is moderated by machine learning models trained on a per subject (sometimes even per page!) basis. So for scholarly topics, Wikipedia articles are a reliable start to a self education journey.
Just be sure to check their references for any confusing material.

>> No.15114176

>>15114121
>most content
By this I mean most 'educational' content - nothing too cutting edge and nothing related to human emotions lmao

>> No.15114369

>>15113834
Dont. Its gay, retarded, and outdated but work institutions of the work being done regardless of your competency so self-education will always be a disadvantage to schools even though they are total shit 90% of the time

>> No.15114680

>>15114054
You're setting yourself up for failure. Focus on one discipline.

>> No.15114687

>>15113834
1) pick a technical subject you are interested in
2) figure out what standard textbooks are for that subject
3) read textbooks cover to cover

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>>15114121

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>>15114733

>> No.15115618

>>15113834
you have to do exercises and assignments and check against the solutions afterwards. like genuinely try to complete them before turning to the solutions. you won't learn shit from just reading and watching videos

>> No.15116048

>>15114121
>most content is moderated by machine learning models
Really?

>> No.15116052

>>15114687
This is the only right answer. Don't watch videos, read textbooks.

>> No.15116067

>>15114054
Then study STEM, generally you retarded fucking niggers.

>> No.15116123

>>15113834
Find something that interests you, then go look for resources. Once you have resources, allocate time, if you're a NEET you should ideally also do cardio and lifting while you're at it
Make sure to focus on ONE specific subject, if you find a field you like, focus on what within this specific field you want to focus on. Good resources to start would be free PDFs on the subject or courses from the likes of MIT courseware, depending on what it is.
The hardest part isn't actually finding the required materials, it's just finding the will to study it, make sure to actually get practice/real world experience with what you're doing since all theory gets you nowhere, how that will look like will depend on what you're doing.
DO NOT pick a second subject until you have gotten your schedule on the first one to a science and can easily work on that in the background daily