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fireballs619  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: To what extent can you actually teach yourself a subject?

I agree with you on the first point, but I think that what you describe in your second point can still be found online. If one were to post in a forum relevant to the subject being studied, it is likely that you will receive responses that show you a different method of solving a problem. The people responding will most likely have received some type of education in the subject, so the information that they are passing along is quality information, albeit second hand information.