How do I start teaching myself? Any autodidacts out there?
I want to start learning about literature, science, mathematics, philosophy etc. I have no natural gifts except for gritty determination and a genuine desire for knowledge. Is that enough?
How do I proceed? As this is Veeky Forums, how do I read more. I love reading, but I want to make sure that what I read benefits me. How do I truly understand a text such as Goethe's poetry and not forget 90% of it in a month?
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pick one area to start with, english literature for example. now research what books top universities have their students read in their intro to english lit classes. Make a list of these books.
buy a kindle and pirate these books because you won't be able to afford them.
now lock yourself in a library with your kindle and a note pad. take notes on every concepts and on things you don't understand yet while going through the books.
now do this for a long time.
You just have to spend a lot of time with the material. I taught myself calculus by reading a "for idiots" type book then slogging through Stewart problem by problem. With something like Goethe you could read commentary/secondary stuff in addition to his works.
>I have no natural gifts except for gritty determination and a genuine desire for knowledge. Is that enough?
For me it is.
But there is no use for what've learned.
If something bores you don't bother, read what you genuinely want to know.
>teach me to teach myself
'no'
Google "autodidact general site:yuki.la" and click any of the threads that appear on Veeky Forums from 2017. That should give you the basics. You're welcome.
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Not teach me, just some helpful advice.
Hey that thread is woke.
No problem. The "How to Think" threads are woke too, though if I had write those posts myself, I would organize them slightly differently. Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow and those self-improvement books are all psychology, for example, just in different ways (one is more mechanical, one is more emotional, if that makes any sense). I would also try to develop a better distinction between the subjects. I would incorporate the pre-calculus, the history, and the Art of Fiction into the same "CORE" IMO, because all of them together would represent the broad basics of thinking.