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DivergentSpectrum
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This is a support thread for self tought physicists.
When I turned 20 after 2 years of doing nothing since high school, I decided I was going to teach myself physics and my dreaded nemesis, math.
It started with learning the algebra i hadnt learned in high school. By 23 I had completed learning multivariable calculus and differential equations, then decided I was going in the wrong direction, and found religion(regrettably).
Im 26 now.
anyway since then i got my mind right, put the weed away, and my interest has been rekindled. I now know maxwells equations, and it seems my life got weird just when i was short of learning relativity and quantum mechanics. (Which was my original goal anyway)
But somethings missing. Oh sure I am not 300k in debt for a piece of parchment that ill never be able to pay off, but what good is it? What can I do to better my life with a working understanding of the things 99% of the population is ignorant of and nothing to show for it?
well, I guess that's my question, feel free to share your stories, advice, etc
When I turned 20 after 2 years of doing nothing since high school, I decided I was going to teach myself physics and my dreaded nemesis, math.
It started with learning the algebra i hadnt learned in high school. By 23 I had completed learning multivariable calculus and differential equations, then decided I was going in the wrong direction, and found religion(regrettably).
Im 26 now.
anyway since then i got my mind right, put the weed away, and my interest has been rekindled. I now know maxwells equations, and it seems my life got weird just when i was short of learning relativity and quantum mechanics. (Which was my original goal anyway)
But somethings missing. Oh sure I am not 300k in debt for a piece of parchment that ill never be able to pay off, but what good is it? What can I do to better my life with a working understanding of the things 99% of the population is ignorant of and nothing to show for it?
well, I guess that's my question, feel free to share your stories, advice, etc