/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.14709455]

Self study sucks

[Anonymous No.14709480]

I hope pic is not what you're studying

[Anonymous No.14709490]

>>14709480
Nope,im doing geometry,electricity and meteorology.

[Anonymous No.14709551]

>>14709480
I studies theology in college as a humanitys course. the Jews will always be a detriment to any society to take and prepare. the Christians will always be workers. Muslims belief on property will always conflict with others. the Buddhist will always be compassionate. the Chinese are Chinese will always and forever be split in veiws because of the CCP.

[Anonymous No.14709555]

how do I link to articles on nature?
https://www.nature.com/articles/
i can paste the first part, but when i post in the rest my post gets flagged as spam

[[e-mail] No.14709566]

>>14709455
>Self study sucks
I agree.

[Anonymous No.14709571]

>>14709455
In my experience, it's best to find a good book on the topic which is designed to be read cover-to-cover (rather than be skipped through as reference), set an achievable target on the number of pages you can cover per day, then create a schedule based on that (e.g. by date X you should have covered Y pages).

I did an online degree that basically works that way (you learn almost entirely from books and/or online reading material, but have a schedule telling you what you should have covered by when etc).
I wanted to study some stuff over the summer that wasn't part of the degree, so to get something similar I ended up making a spreadsheet. It tracks pages read per day, has per-chapter tracking of pages read vs remaining, a total progress counter, etc.

It's satisfying watching the progress tick up, and it keeps me on track (I'm less likely to skip a day knowing I'll need to enter 0 for that day and see my "days remaining" cell increase).

Also important:
>do lots of exercises
Certainly every exercise the book provides, ideally more.
>take nice notes
I used to do this on paper, now I use google colab notebooks. Needing to restate important results you've just read, clearly and with latex formatting for maths, helps to soak in the material. Bonus points if you include graphs and stuff.
As far as I'm concerned, it's absolutely impossible to learn anything mathematical just by reading it- I have to apply the information immediately after reading it, by making notes and doing exercises. For non-maths subjects I'm more lax about this but it's still important, especially if you aren't going to be writing graded essays about it.
>ideally read physical books instead of PDFs
Easier on the eyes, easier to place bookmarks/use your fingers as temporary bookmarks, and gives you physical feedback on your progress. If you must use PDFs, use a high-dpi device (macbook, tablet).

[[e-mail] No.14709583]

>>14709566
The Time Travel Interpretation of the Bible
>https://vixra.org/abs/2104.0068
We describe the Biblical work of ages as a time travel program for saving humanity from extinction. God's existence is proven as a consequence of the existence of time travel, which is supposed. We present the case that Abraham's grandson Jacob, also called Israel, is Satan. We make the case that the Israelites are described as God's chosen people in the Bible despite their identity as the children of Satan because God's Messiah is descended from Abraham through Satan. They are chosen as the ancestors of the Messiah rather than as Satan's children. We propose an interpretation in which God commanded Abraham to kill his son Isaac to prevent Isaac from becoming the father of Satan. We suggest that God stayed Abraham's hand above Isaac because preventing the existence of Satan would also prevent the existence of Satan's descendant the Messiah. The history of the Israelites is summarized through Jesus and Paul. This paper is written so that the number of believers in the world will increase.

[Anonymous No.14709623]

>>14709455
Don't self study then. Literally just follow one of 1000s of free courses out there.

They exist for every subject, at all levels. They assign homework problems and everything. The only thing that's not done is grading. Instead of exams or other things like that (if they're assigned) work on a project or paper instead for the class.

Literally the easiest way to self learn anything. Textbooks rarely are written for the self studier anyway. Many of them are poorly put together and meant as a guide for courses and those already learned to teach others. There's a reason education has always had a teacher. The only time you can actually self study is when you reach a certain mastery of a subject (around 3-4 courses focused on a subject I'd argue).

[Anonymous No.14709670]

Just do the problems in the book bro its not that hard

[Anonymous No.14709972]

>>14709571
Anon, would you mind sharing a picture of that spreadsheet?

[Anonymous No.14710955]

>>14709972
Sure, here's the sheet I've just started. As you can see it hasn't started as smoothly as I'd like, but I've got some momentum now.
(I've redacted the unit names because some of them are uni stuff and they have possibly-identifying codes)

[Anonymous No.14712477]

>>14710955
Thanks for sharing it, anon. I've been looking for an efficient way to track my progress self studying. This is really helpful.

[Anonymous No.14713883]

>>14709455
It gets dry after a while. This is why you make some of your learning hands-on and applicable to the real world, while taking frequent breaks to enjoy art, exercise, and the beauty of the female figure

[Anonymous No.14713987]

>>14713883
How do i apply contraherent cosheafs to the real world, please?
Is your attention span zoomer-tier that you can't keep interest long enough to finish a book?

[Anonymous No.14714226]

>>14713987
map it to a logic that applies to the real world

[Anonymous No.14714936]

>>14709571
Based, I do this too. Feels good ticking off things from my to-do list. Pic related is from summer readings

[Anonymous No.14715239]

>>14714226
gl, not even mathemagician physishits could reasonably apply contraherent cosheafs

[Anonymous No.14716844]

>>14713987
>How do i apply contraherent cosheafs to the real world, please?
by studying something less retarded

[Anonymous No.14717643]

>>14716844
how does studying something less retarded help me in applying contraherent cosheaves?