I think I see where you're coming from, but I would argue this was be much more true a few decades ago than it is today— the internet is not without its faults,

I think I see where you're coming from, but I would argue this was be much more true a few decades ago than it is today— the internet is not without its faults, but it has democratized access to a lot of what is needed to ramp up on the arcane languages of things like mathematics and law. Obviously in-person mentorship and instruction is still ideal, but the modern internet is much more than just a virtual text book or a bunch of videos of recorded lectures— for any given topic there are a hundred communities which happily welcome novices and are willing to examine your reasoning about a particular problem and help plug the holes.