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Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by jpmattia on Thursday March 06, 2025 @10:05AM (#43281044)
> up to the point of General Relativity.

Putting in a plug for MIT OCW 8.962 [1]. I also had this itch, and was able to find time during the pandemic to work through the course (at about 1/2 speed). But true to what others are saying, life intruded for the last few lectures, so still have some items on my todo list. I thought Scott Hughes laid out the math with terrific clarity, with just the right amount of joviality. It is not for everyone, but if you have a suitable background it may turn "scratch an itch" into the obsession that it has done to me.

And to make the obligatory on-topic comment: I'm 61yo. Now get off my lawn.

[1] https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/8-962-general-relativity-spring-...

Re:Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it by ferguess_k on Thursday March 06, 2025 @10:08AM (#43281093)
Thanks! Yeah I planned to use MIT OCW for my education, at least the first 3-4 pre-requisite courses, before I even consider registering in an independent program in some University.

BTW I hope you are going to get more free time in a few years so that you can come back and enjoy the education again.