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Originally Posted by ring
can a self taught person still have credentiality in your perspective?
I do understand that information comes in almost daily.
maybe it could be compared to surfing a wave, how to read all the influences,
stay on top of it all, and still hold a sense of the waves you have known before, knowing the next one will be as different as we are told all snowflakes are.
The adrenaline rush of gaining more understanding is understandable.
I would put forth the idea that keeping it all in perspective is daunting yet exciting.
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It depends on the person but I'd think so yes.
I'd recommend starting with a college level biology text to start if you don't have the background, focusing on the genetic sections so you understand the basic base pairs, groupings, and how that all works in the cell.
I've had so much both formal and informal its sort of hard to say what I learned on my own and what I've learned in a traditional class, but I'm a firm believer that you can become an expert in a lot of fields just by doing reading.
You won't know HOW to say run a PCR or an acrylamide gel (and you are not missing much) but you will know how both are used and what they are used for, which is whats important when talking about theory.