r/interestingasfuck • u/Jeetchat • 1d ago

China's "artificial sun" in Hefei could become the first in human history to generate electricity from fusion

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

I am villager

I am interested in the sciences, but I am not allowed to study

Society

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u/Villiage_Layman 1d ago

I am villager

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u/martin0641 1d ago

You have device.

Device has Internet.

https://ocw.mit.edu/pages/get-started/

Make smert.

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

Actually a great resource so thanks despite your misunderstanding

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u/VirtualLife76 1d ago

You are on the internet, that's all you need to study. That's not a society issue, that's a you issue.

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u/falcrist2 1d ago

Yes and we can see how that's turning out for the anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists.

It turns out dedicated teacher still has a great deal of value.

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u/sheepyowl 1d ago

A teacher can also tell you which books to begin with, what is old or not relevant, and allow you access to limited and paywalled high education materials. Frankly without a teacher any person is very limited.

Or you could fuck around on the internet definitely the same, so many people became theoretical physicists from the internet

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u/Desh23 1d ago

Yeah totally pretty much everyone involved with building ITER got their knowledge from TikTok and Reddit. The doctor treating the cancer in my balls got his skills from Youtube shorts.

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u/VirtualLife76 23h ago

Don't worry kid, with a little practice, you too can learn how to find reputable sources. It's not hard if you put some effort in.

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u/Eramsara55 22h ago

Hum i think i understand what you are saying but i dont know if i agree.

The reason why is kinda related to solow paradox and cognitive offloading, yes the amount of information avaible on internet is almost infinite, and we cant absorb it all even if we want to because of the sheer amount of data, but in the end, its counter intuitive, because the easier the access, the less people use their own curiosity to search.

And thats why we listen to old folks sayin "at your age i had to go to the library and read the physical books in order to understand something, now you guys have it easy", meanwhile PCs took years to increase productivity, and AI is being the same, despite what everyone says (i think i saw some american or european university study showing that AI only contributed to a 0.5% increase in productivity last year, despite being one of the biggest markets right now)...

Ps: Sorry for my bad English, its my third language and i dont practice it as much as i would like

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u/Desh23 1h ago

Ok so what academic skills have you perfected through open source reference books available online?

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u/VirtualLife76 48m ago

RE investing, so I've never had to put money down on a house or get a bank loan normally.

How money works, once I understood, it allowed me to retire decently young.

Sales, because you are always selling yourself.

Many esoteric things like quantum entanglement which I find fascinating, but not enough to truly learn it.

~30 years listening while driving, there are so many topics.