And Strang (more than) knows what he's talking about. Unlike OP, who treats minor corrections as personal attacks and goes all defensive. This is part of the reasons why it's dangerous to replace education from established institutions with random blogs on the internet.
> This is part of the reasons why it's dangerous to replace education from established institutions with random blogs on the internet.
Please don't gatekeep education like this. I've caught teachers from established institutions in mistakes hundreds of times in my life, and often just as defensive. And I've found "random blogs" on the internet that explain things far clearer than the school recommended book. The only thing that is important is the quality of the resource, not where it came from.
Strang's free videos are great. That's the important thing to share.
(I edited to clarify which part of the parent comment I took issue with).
> Please don't gatekeep education like this. I've caught teachers from established institutions in mistakes hundreds of times in my life, and often just as defensive. And I've found "random blogs" on the internet that explain things far clearer than the school recommended book.
Absolutely! And I've had medical doctors make lots of mistakes, while random blogs on the Internet have been right. Buuuut, you know.
> The only thing that is important is the quality of the resource, not where it came from.
Right. And the blog author we're discussing is flat out refusing to accept that his material has basic mistakes. That's a gigantic red flag. Again: it's not about being wrong. It's about refusing to accept that he's wrong.
No I don't. Could you please explain? If random blogs have helped you catch doctors making mistakes (like they have me) then it would seem to strengthen my point that gatekeeping sources of valuable information based on their origin instead of their quality is a mistaken approach.
What I mean is: even after experiencing that, I'm gonna see a medical doctor for medical problems. I bet you will too, if the problem is serious enough.
We are discussing how and where we learn things. So the fact that I go to a mechanic to fix my car has little to do with gatekeeping about where I should learn about how to fix my car, or learn enough to keep my mechanic honest.
Well, if the blogpost that taught you how to fix your car has an elementary mistake that the author refuses to acknowledge and gets super defensive about, it's sure time to take a step back. Does it mean all blogs are bad? Of course not. But if you have the option of listening to a world-renowned mechanic instead, for free, I'd say you should.
> This is part of the reasons why it's dangerous to replace education from established institutions with random blogs on the internet.
> If you have the option of listening to a world-renowned mechanic instead.
With the note that "world-renowned" has almost nothing to do with "education from established institutions" I feel like we've made progress here, so I'll leave it at that.
