Timeline for Mathematics and autodidactism
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| Apr 12, 2019 at 2:15 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 11, 2017 at 4:48 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 19, 2013 at 19:16 | vote | accept | Bruno Joyal | ||
| Mar 3, 2011 at 3:38 | answer | added | Robert Furber | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 19, 2010 at 14:13 | comment | added | Francis Davey | You also need a social group to interact with online. Sites like this aren't much use for musing aloud or asking stupid questions (its not meant to be for that - I'm not criticising mathoverflow). I'd love to have more individual interaction, but I have to make do with reading books on my own. | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 16:53 | answer | added | Kristal Cantwell | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 10:47 | comment | added | GS | Dear Qiaochu, The internet is amazing, but it's still much less efficient at transmitting information than face-to-face interaction is. The premise of the question seems perfectly valid to me, but is perhaps under-appreciated by those of us lucky enough to spend >= 9 months of the year in Cambridge, MA? Best, Stephen | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 10:26 | answer | added | Yujia Qiu | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 9:53 | answer | added | Thomas Riepe | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 8:23 | answer | added | supercooldave | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 7:40 | answer | added | Charles Matthews | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 6:48 | answer | added | Andrew Stacey | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 3:01 | answer | added | Timothy Chow | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 0:35 | comment | added | Bruno Joyal | Quiaochu : I agree with Charles, and I'd also like to add that personal interaction is usually richer than virtual interaction. It's great to have a friend introduce you to a new idea, and this doesn't really happen on the internet (at least not at the same level). | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 0:22 | answer | added | Adrian Barquero-Sanchez | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jun 17, 2010 at 0:02 | comment | added | Charles Staats | Qiaochu: Perhaps not alone, but there are some types of questions that are much easier to ask in person than via electronic media--e.g., "Could you help me understand this proof." | |
| Jun 16, 2010 at 22:18 | comment | added | Qiaochu Yuan | I disagree with the premise of this question, particularly the end of the first paragraph: as long as you have internet access, you are not alone! | |
| Jun 16, 2010 at 22:11 | history | asked | Bruno Joyal | CC BY-SA 2.5 |