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Are you convinced that I am the Great Genius and are willing to pay for my schooling?

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(Aug 8, 2021 02:38 AM)confused2 Wrote: The Illuminatus trilogy might be interesting - maybe not - it coincides with what I might now call 'the missing years'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy
Also Carlos Castenada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Castaneda which coincides with what I might now refer to as 'more missing years'.

Yeah, those '70s. The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement even had a novel written about it almost two decades before it existed, back then. But the "voluntary" part was incrementally eliminated. 

Book Review: "The Bridge", by D. Keith Mano (1973)
https://sciencefictionruminations.com/20...mano-1973/

If I can recollect anything correctly at all, there was a deranged person wearing a skinsuit that protected against insects, who developed a weird fet... Well never mind. There are some uses for mosquitoes and other biting bugs that should just remain unknown to the public. Wish I was still in the dark.
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Missed the book at the time ( deranged person wearing a skinsuit ) - I'm not feeling inclined to seek it out right now either.

Apparently the US universities were free until the end of the last century ( https://www.quora.com/Has-the-United-Sta...ts-history ).
Ostro was just born too little and too late.

Yeah, those '70s.

Back in the '70s you could invent facebook and become rich beyond the wildest dreams of man (or woman).

There's a lot of educational stuff on the Internet. Also a lot of porn. Time management is the secret of success.
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(Aug 7, 2021 07:50 PM)C C Wrote: I can't recall the exact year that Nick was supposedly 38, but prospective patrons from countries who rank high in ageism tendencies should bear in mind that Nick is probably in his 40s by now.

This is certainly not a condoning of gerontophobia. We should all do our part to fight this growing menace that is hurling itself relentlessly against the senior population.

No, just alerting you ahead of time, so you don't get his hopes up and then suddenly dash them after finding out and then withdrawing support. This notice helps to ensure that only those practicing education beneficence without stipulating age-related factors apply.

I'm not in my 40s yet. But thank fully I've found someone willing to pay for me.
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(Aug 8, 2021 11:49 AM)confused2 Wrote: Missed the book at the time ( deranged person wearing a skinsuit ) - I'm not feeling inclined to seek it out right now either.

Only a minor, fleeting character the antihero protagonist encounters somewhere toward the end. Those time-worn, paperback satires at best enlighten a later generation that what they believe is something new really isn't -- their era is still recycling the same old thought orientations and various insanities.  

Quote:Apparently the US universities were free until the end of the last century ( https://www.quora.com/Has-the-United-Sta...ts-history ).
Ostro was just born too little and too late.

The last person there, Allen Lobo, says it all. They're young adult daycare centers, tons of superfluous ornamentation services and amenities -- devouring money, that have little to do with education. Presumably, Nick would enter one in Canada, though.
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Am I convinced that Ostro is "the Great Genius"? no, not even 'a great genius'.

Am I willing to pay for Ostro's schooling? I'm in no position to do that.

I will suggest that Ostro start studying on his own. He can do that for free and if he ever enrolls in a college or university, already knowing lots of the material will only be helpful.

Given your personal interests, you might want to read this.

https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresseboo...nd=ucpress

If you are really serious about educating yourself, you probably should shape your reading around a typical university syllabus in a subject of interest to you. That way you start at the beginning and master the fundamentals before you try to understand more advanced material that presumes that you already know those fundamentals.

Openstax has a whole assortment of totally free freshman level college textbooks that you can read online or download as pdfs. So teach yourself trig or calculus. Learn introductory level university chemistry or physics. All for free, without annoying professors or the pressure or expense of formal university study. 

https://openstax.org/subjects/view-all

When you have mastered what is in effect the freshman-sophomore university syllabus, you might explore the many more advanced university level texts available for free online. For example

https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpresseboo...and=eschol

Start reading the journal articles. At some point you will know something about what the professionals are arguing about in the literature, and you will start to have ideas of your own about those things. That's something that you have to build up to step-by-step.

The Scivillage 'Academic Resources' forum will be valuable for an independent learner

https://www.scivillage.com/forum-46.html
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Zinjanthropos Offline
On the internet we all might be geniuses, we just act stupid or out of character. Next Mensa meeting is Wednesday night, see you there.
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