Greetings from coberst

[coberst]

I am a retired engineer with a good bit of formal education and twenty five years of self-learning. I began the self-learning experience while in my mid-forties. I had no goal in mind; I was just following my intellectual curiosity in whatever direction it led me. This hobby, self-learning, has become very important to me. I have bounced around from one hobby to another but have always been enticed back by the excitement I have discovered in this learning process. Carl Sagan is quoted as having written; “Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.”

 

I label myself as a September Scholar because I began the process at mid-life and because my quest is disinterested knowledge.

 

Disinterested knowledge is an intrinsic value. Disinterested knowledge is not a means but an end. It is knowledge I seek because I desire to know it. I mean the term ‘disinterested knowledge’ as similar to ‘pure research’, as compared to ‘applied research’. Pure research seeks to know truth unconnected to any specific application.

 

I think of the self-learner of disinterested knowledge as driven by curiosity and imagination to understand.

[InfiniteNow]

Welcome to Hypography coberst.

 

I look forward to your contributions.

 

 

Enjoy! :hihi:

[TheBigDog]

Welcome to Hypography Coberst! I always associated my formal education with a great deal of knowledge I was disinterested in. Since I finished school I have been gaining knowledge almost exclusivly in my areas of interest. Mostly from self study, persistant observation, experimentation, deep thought and asking good questions. You will find some kindred spirits here as well as well thought out answeres to just about anything you might think to ask. Let me know if you need anything.

 

Bill (did I use "as well as well" in that sentence?)