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Re:Ask HN: Is online self-education useful or just delusion? by ksk on Thursday March 15, 2018 @11:50AM (#16593857)
That maybe correct, and I have huge respect for John (I've watched and re-watched all of his keynotes and lectures), but we're talking about rockets here.

>Elon Musk, who studied aerospace on his own, is building rockets. John Carmack, who holds no degree at all, has done the same on a smaller scale.

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Re:Ask HN: Is online self-education useful or just delusion? by whatyoucantsay on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:38PM (#16596732)
Do you dispute that Carmack built rockets?

Have you read Masters of Doom or even Googled the question?

http://bfy.tw/H8Z5

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Re:Ask HN: Is online self-education useful or just delusion? by ksk on Thursday March 15, 2018 @10:57PM (#16598245)
Indeed, he was part of a team that built rockets. I even said his role was unclear to me. Can you link to any document detailing his involvement?

Edit: Please don't take this as a diss on his work. Just because one didn't play a role in designing the rockets, doesn't mean they were not crucial to the project.

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