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by swiley 2324 days ago
Who is recommending university for knowledge (at least in STEM?) If knowledge is all you want you’re far better off going to Wikipedia, libgen, sci hub or even buying the books. Heck if you really need lectures for the classes (or from researchers even!) you can legally watch them for free on YouTube!

University helps shape you socially and drag you through some cultural stuff that a lot of people would otherwise ignore, that’s about it.