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> self-styled autodidacts discount the social rounding and educational breadth available at any good university. Yes, you learn to use words like "autodidact"
by redblacktree 11y ago
> self-styled autodidacts discount the social rounding and educational breadth available at any good university.
Yes, you learn to use words like "autodidact" instead of "self-taught."
- logical42 11y ago'Self-taught' isn't exactly a drop in replacement for 'autodidact'. You'd have to say 'self-taught person' or something, which is more awkward as a phrase.