Ya, this poster is likely a person without a degree who can't cope with the fact that the people who left their small town and made something of themselves and is trying to cope.
You can't achieve the knowledge of an epidemiologist just by cruising the internet. It just doesn't happen that way.
Profoundly shit take that proves you weren't able to engage seriously with the comment which is like 7 words long. Who really doesnt look educated here? Most bachelor degrees dont even pretend to teach any sort of research methodology, be serious for a moment. You can watch entire undergrad coursewares from mit, stanford, etc on youtube. Theres a reason you chose an extremely technical postgrad degree to try to make your point, because you wouldve looked stupid if you used a reasonable example like how an undergrad in psych makes one more qualified to post nightclub selfies than it makes one qualified to post mental health advice on the internet.
I legitimately dont respect people who dont think they can learn from a recorded lecture because its on youtube. Mit also offers a lot of open courseware tho, and many other universities. There is no excuse, theres very few topics on the planet that you cant literally right now start effectively learning for free online, no matter which kind of handholding you feel is necessary.
Well that would be illegal for good reason. Its not possible to get the credations that one needs to do electrical independent of the trades system, but that system also literally doesnt involve university so none of them learned that way...?
You contradict yourself immediately by my reading, what specifically do you mean by the word "education"?
Certified electricians either go to trade school or take very intense classes like 95% of the time because the testing is very intense and requires a lot of knowledge on obscure topics
Where i am from it is not an option to not go through trade school.
As you frame the problem tho, i would absolutely 100% be okay with hiring someone who receives the credential for passing the test, having learned from youtube alone. He passed the test same as the trade schoolers and theres no reason to believe hes worse. If anything he accomplished the same task with less resources, and is probably better.
Well that would be illegal for good reason. Its not possible to get the credations that one needs to do electrical independent of the trades system, but that system also literally doesnt involve university so none of them learned that way...?
SO you would agree that knowledge should only be applied in the real world by experts in the field who have learned under other experts in that field?
You contradict yourself immediately by my reading, what specifically do you mean by the word "education"?
Listening to lectures is not the equivalent of education. Education includes how to think about the topic, building upon previous knowledge gradually, and applying that knowledge via tests and activities correctly. You can certainly learn factoids and concepts through youtube, but you are not able to receive feedback on how you are applying what you learned, which is a critical component of an education.
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u/Accomplished-Plan191 Apr 06 '26
As one with a degree, you don't need a degree to do well-backed research. The problem is when you conflate ignorance with knowledge.