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Is this a joke? Autodidacts are self-directed, by definition. They don't ask others what to study.
by bhousel 16y ago
Is this a joke?
Autodidacts are self-directed, by definition. They don't ask others what to study.
- shawndumas 16y agoSee! I learned something already! Kidding aside: An autodidact is a person who is self-taught. They can also be an autonomous learner but the two terms are not strictly equivalent.
- bartonfink 16y agoI somewhat agree with bhousel, in that claiming the autodidact label makes this a somewhat odd ? to be asking. Autotidacticism implies more than not going to class, so to speak. That said, Wikipedia makes this nearly trivially easy. 1. Search for something that seems interesting to you. 2. Read the article, and for every interesting hyperlinked topic in the article, open that topic in a new tab. 3. For each new topic opened in step 2, repeat this process. Stop when you understand the world or when biology intervenes. What I'd suggest instead of Wikipedia is that you buy, borrow or otherwise acquire textbooks and work through them yourself. You'll get a more thorough grounding in a subject than you would from Wikipedia articles and while you might not get the same breadth you'd get from a Wikipedia survey, you will have a more sound basis to say "I understand the basics of X".