> most of the "foundational" knowledge is very easy to acquire But you have to know this knowledge exists in the first place. That's part of the appeal of univ

> most of the "foundational" knowledge is very easy to acquire But you have to know this knowledge exists in the first place. That's part of the appeal of university teaching: it makes you aware of many different paradigms. So the day you stumble on one of them you know where to look for a solution. And usually you learn how to read (and not to fear) reading scientific papers which can be useful. And statistics.