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by yaketysax 4251 days ago
"The only way you could access to information in an structured way is the way in which University teach concepts."

"The real way to obtain information is to be helped with those that can give you some clues to construct the required mental framework"

"how are you going to get the one click to the concept of diffeomorphism if don't know about the hierarchical structure necessary to define that concept."

Um, you do further reading online or in a textbook until you understand the things you don't understand. Of course some ideas require context. Why do you believe people can't develop that mental context on their own?

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In many fields of science is so difficult to get to some core concepts that IMHO you will surrender before getting to the essence of it. There can be exceptions with high performing people, but for example Einstein spent seven years with Minkowki trying to develop the concepts necessary to formulate his theory in the language of differential geometry.