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ButterflyEffect · 4125 days ago · link · · parent · post: To what extent can you actually teach yourself a subject?
I think that you can teach yourself a subject quite well from the internet, videos, etc. I do not believe that you can reach mastery in a subject though. This is because there are a couple of things missing. First off, I believe that by teaching yourself and not having interactions with professors you might miss patterns that develop in a subject, or other aspects that are more intuitive than anything else. Second, you won't receive criticism on your studies that might help you look at a problem in a different light, or change your routine for solving a problem to a more efficient one.