>want to get a masters in neuroscience>too expensive and not worth the investment>decide I'll just give myself a Master's>looked into every university's MS in neuroscience program to see what their prerequisites, courses, and expected outcomes are>created my own syllabus, including organic chemistry, biochemistry, cellular biology, neurobiology, neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, medical neuroscience, and about a dozen other courses>read every single book on neuroscience I could get my hands on>finally finished my curriculum>I now know more about neuroscience than most people who graduated with a masters from accredited institutions>doesn't matter>I'm the only one who cares how smart I am. I'm the only one who cares about how much I learned.>The most important thing I learned is that the real purpose of an education is the validation from others.
>>16804175if you aren't being paid to go to school for an advanced degree in STEMdon't go
>>16804175>The most important thing I learned is that the real purpose of an education is the validation from others.That's the purpose of everythingIf you are gay
>>16804175Lab experience > bookwork.Nobody wants to hire some smartass NEET who read some books in between gooning sessions. They want someone who has already demonstrated their knowledge in the face of an expert and has practical experience in a laboratory setting.You are neither of those.
>>16804186This was never about vocation, but that proves my point. Education is all about how others perceive you.
>>16804186Probably less critical for a computational or theoretic focus.
>>16804175>he did it for free
>>16804186>They want someone who has already demonstrated their knowledge in the face of an expert and has practical experience in a laboratory setting.I would agree with you if it wasn't for the low standards that are characteristic of most forms of manual labor in academia which could be, in theory, carried out by anyone given a two weeks tour of a lab. And don't get me started on how academic hierarchy motivates and incentivizes poor methodology so that research groups arrive at the optimal results they'll need to either justify a program or to get (additional) funding for it.
>>16804175You are talking about a practical science though. Neuroscience requires extenisve labwork. This would range from simple immunehistochemistry to complex methods like organoid experiments. Things that, unless you are insanely wealthy, you can't do at home. Don't get me wrong, your knowledge is not worthless, and it shouldn't be seen as such.But you have zero experience with the meat of the topic which is experiemntation and labwork. Also, your knowledge is entirely untested. Reading a book is not the same as understanding its meaning and material. You have passed no exames, your knowledges and stress tolerance have not been prouven. Furthermore, you have not demonstrated you arbility to work hard, adapt to others and work in a team, all things that universities give you experience with. You also have not learnt how to write and publish scientific literature.University is a lot more than just books. By the way, if uni is too expensive for you, you still had several options. If you are as smart as you think you are, you could have gotten a fully funded scholarship. You could have applied to foreign universities, many of which are great but far less costly than an american or even a western european school. Many medical companies also pay for their employees education, and you also had the military option.To me, you just sound like an entitled retard who thinks he is better than everyone, read some books and now thinks a career should be handed to him.Books matter. So does a lot of other shit you clearly lack.
>>16805342Why is everyone on /sci/ a druggy? The random change of tone in the middle of your comment and the inconsistent spelling mistakes like adding a forgotten letter of one word to the next is a dead giveaway.
