> Except for medical students, who require a teaching hospital and all its equipment.for their education They're not really students in the normal sense, they

> Except for medical students, who require a teaching hospital and all its equipment.for their education They're not really students in the normal sense, they fit more into the PhD category that I mentioned, since they need actual personal help. > Except for EE and other engineering students, who require lab and other equipment for their education I have an engineering master's from a world famous university where the lab work was pretty pointless. It didn't count for much if at all, and was more or less just entertainment. If you were doing a PhD, you would do experiments where the outcomes were not a foregone conclusion. In undergrad, it's not any different from baking a cake, it ain't gonna go any differently than expected. I suspect you'll learn more watching a video of someone doing the experiment, that way you are not concerned with trivialities like converting units and wearing safety goggles. Something like what NileRed does for chemistry. > Even for fields that require no specialized facilities, frankly, I don't see any Fields Medal or Turing Award winners that are self-taught nor do I have any reason to expect to see any in my lifetime. Well, that level of work requires a personal contact, like a PhD advisor. I am addressing undergrad work, which is fairly ordinary material that has already been well digested.