“I sometimes suspect that mass institutionalized schooling is net harmful because it kills off personal curiosity and fosters the mindset that education necessarily consists of being enrolled in a school and obeying commands issued by an authority”
Yes, I agree. Look at the success EY has had as an autodidact. His scientific career is ~10 years ahead of mine (and the gap would be more like 50 years if I hadn’t found OB + his other writings). I spent soooooooooo much time studying theoretical physics… because that is what is socially acceptable for a mathematically talented young scientist to study in the top universities. [edit: most autodidacts probably end up not doing as well. Selection Bias, etc. But it is a tantalizing piece of evidence
“I sometimes suspect that mass institutionalized schooling is net harmful because it kills off personal curiosity and fosters the mindset that education necessarily consists of being enrolled in a school and obeying commands issued by an authority”
Yes, I agree. Look at the success EY has had as an autodidact. His scientific career is ~10 years ahead of mine (and the gap would be more like 50 years if I hadn’t found OB + his other writings). I spent soooooooooo much time studying theoretical physics… because that is what is socially acceptable for a mathematically talented young scientist to study in the top universities. [edit: most autodidacts probably end up not doing as well. Selection Bias, etc. But it is a tantalizing piece of evidence
See the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodidact
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So you found OB and his other writings 40 years ago?
Also, kudos for spending a lot of time studying theoretical physics.
That isn’t implied. It merely suggests that OB and his other writings facilitated learning which would have taken 40 years without these resources.