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1. glitchc · 1790263552 · focus · HN ↗

   A calculator, Youtube and iPad tried to replace teachers. They all failed but this time it's different.

   1. __rito__ · 1790331853 · focus · HN ↗

      > Youtube

      Not really. I learned far more from YouTube in subjects and topics that I was deeply interested in. School or college teachers didn't go that deep.

      Whether it's pc or not, there are there are bad teachers. I skipped those classes in college and learned from MIT OCW and random tutorials.

      So, YT did replace some teachers for me, and it continues to do so for many people.

      1. mitxela · 1790336705 · focus · HN ↗

         I didn't. People who think they're learning from YouTube are mostly not learning, just thinking they did. I watched someone design a common-base amplifier. Can I design a common-base amplifier now? No, I can't. I now have a slight awareness of what one does, but I couldn't design it.

         1. __rito__ · 1790442415 · focus · HN ↗

            That's an extremely weird thing to say?

            Not everyone uses YT the same way?

            I did most psets, assignments, etc.

            And at your standard of "learning", 95% of students don't learn anything anywhere. I also align with what you must think of as "true learning", but at that standard, most people are "mostly not learning" at regular schools and unis.

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