What is a "self-teacher"? The advantage of holding "fancy degrees" is usually that you have been exposed to a wide variety of viewpoints and insignt that self-

What is a "self-teacher"? The advantage of holding "fancy degrees" is usually that you have been exposed to a wide variety of viewpoints and insignt that self-taught people might have. People tend to study what they are interested in. Unfortunately, this can produce self-taught academics with horse blinders on. Imaging you only got your news from Reddit & Huffington Post, saying you were becoming a self-taught news commentator. You'd probably end up incredibly informed... about liberal viewpoints, perhaps not realizing that a large portion of the country doesn't share them. Getting taught in a formal education system (providing the system works) would expose you to a wider variety of views.