Education One Click Away
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Education One Click Away

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I have been contemplating studying at the university again, but there are some problems that get in the way. However, I don't feel discouraged even though if I will never be able to be a university student again. Nowadays, we have a tremendous amount of information that is just one click away from us, and nothing can stop us from acquiring knowledge on our own. This idea also shares one of the modern scientists who I admire and whose podcast I have listened to today. There is a famous biologist, Richard Dawkins. As I said before, I listened to his podcast today and found one of the questions that he and the other podcast host discussed particularly interesting because this question botheres me personally. They spoke about universities and how costly it is now to study at a university because of tuition. Dawkins, however, mentioned that you don't necessarily need to have professors and other people to guide you in order to get educated on many different things because nowadays, you have access to information thanks to the internet. He also mentioned that you need to be selective in terms of information because, unfortunately, there is a lot of rubbish there. He also said that the only thing you need in order to educate yourself through the internet is being disciplined. And I find this idea really inspiring. Nowadays, you can educate yourself on almost any topic, and you don't need to leave your home or pay a penny for it. What a great time we are living in!

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