On: The Shadow Scholar

[BoppreH]

I envy the knowledge that this guy has amassed.

[obiterdictum → BoppreH]

There is probably a lot of redundancy. It's like learning a new technology. Your first project will take a long time, then, once you've solved the meta-problem, it gets incrementally faster each iteration until it reaches some lower bound. But the knowledge you gain each iteration gets lower too, until it's marginal.

[light3 → BoppreH]

Sure he probably goes through more material per day than 99.99999% of the population, but whether he remembers or understands is another matter.

[BoppreH → light3]

And there is also the sad fact that he has to hide all that under heavy layers of academic wording.

But even in the worst case scenario, he has some degree of familiarity with almost everything. Except math.

[Natsu → BoppreH]

You might not believe me, but I've seen essays in place of equations on math tests before.

I think one was even relevant enough to get partial credit...