Why universities around the world exist at all?

> along with some problems to solve/handouts/homework etc

possibly all online with evaluation of progress

>>8395434
There's a psychological thing that makes meeting with others to study something easier.

>>8395434
are you advocating slavery?

>>8395434
its a scan so academic types can get paid

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>>8395521
Thank you for your cooperation.

People like the experienc of going away to university to learn something. People learn more effectively that way, or at least they believe they do. They also enjoy the social and networking aspects as much if not more than the actual learning, which you can't get hunched over your computer for 8 hours a day.

You can go on and on about how all online courses would result in a more efficient transfer of knowledge, but you're missing the forest for the trees. For the majority of the people who go to university, it's about the full experience, not just the few hours a day they spend in the classroom. As long as people value this full experience, they will continue to pay for it, and/or support governments that provide it.

>>8395521

well, I prefer not to be a slave but do I have a choice?

>>8395434
you realize that universities are research institutions right?

>>8395434
"Tuition Farms"

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Invest in the Collapse of the Education Bubble

>>8395434
You are autistic. An important part of learning happens through discussing things with other people, from the undergrad level to the research level (maybe even more at the research level, because there is so much more material to know and so little time). One of the great things about grad school is that you can strike a conversation with anyone and they'll probably be happy to explain what they're working on, discuss it with you, give you intuition, references etc., which makes it a much more efficient way of getting familiar with a subject than reading dozens of books.

Universities aren't just for teaching undergrads you know, they do research

>>8395793
>>8395558

> substituting to someone else important theorem
> producing heaps of unordered bullshit "no one has ever done"
> spewing inomprehensible computations no one will ever read, not even the reviewer
> research

You know research institutes are for serious stuff. But even they sometimes....

>>8395558
>>8395793

maybe one day ago they were about clarity, simplicity, beauty and truth

now they are all about muh grants and shit

>>8395839
>>8395832
Hello brainlets

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>>8395991

>>8395606
How though?

>>8395434
1. It's fucking hard to stay disciplined on your own without some kind of incentive or disincentive
2. Learning from a live teacher is actually way more efficient. You need 1) a lesson plan and 2) to be able to ask someone questions. What if you get stuck? Arguably someone could create dynamic enough software and study materials to alleviate this, but it's probably gonna take a while. No reason to put in all that work for free.

>>8395520
hahahahaha

>>8395839
this

>>8396107
this

>>8395434
how exactly do you think research gets done? you work by yourself, come up with an experiment, run it entirely on your own, spend years analyzing the data without consulting any other experts, then submit it to a journal where after a quick spelling/grammar check they publish it with no real revisions?

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>>8395434
OP, go off the internet for a while and imerse yourself in something, anything that isnt immediately emotionaly gratifying.

You might just learn something, or atleast build some character.