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There are certainly people who have the self-motivation, drive to learn, and grade themselves accurately using self-teaching tools -- but I think you'll find those people are few and far between.

Also, most of the useful information I obtained in my degree was which resources are the best.



And of course, you can't learn medicine (and others) without actually examining people

Would you trust a doctor that only learned on the internet to operate on you?




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