Please don't throw all home-shoolers into the "Army of god" basket. I have taught some of these kids about weather in the past and they tend to be creative and bright and a lot of them end up in places like Harvard and MIT. In fact, top universities agressively recruit home-schooled kids. It is only a few that end up in strict religious institutions.
Although I didn't get that feeling from the video, I fully agree... I was home schooled for a little over a year and even though my curriculum was bible-based (like... really, really bible based.... like..."what did got create first?"-bible based), I met a few other people who weren't being indoctrinated, their curriculum was essentially neutral... and personally, if it weren't for the friends I made at public school... I would much rather have spent my learning time at home because you can fit so much more in...
I have a feeling though, that if the US ends up being taken over by religious fundamentalists, we will see a lot of scientists jumping ship for places like the UK (I sure would), and with that goes the US's technological superiority... A wild tangent, but something I have thought about a little bit recently.
Seriously, how do you find the time? You're working on AI design, building a nuclear reactor and now writing a book. I wish I were half as productive!
I know, it seems like a lot... but you would be surprised at how much easier it is to work on a bunch of long term projects than it is to work on a bunch of short-term projects... less distractions, and the majority of my work is brainstorming, (though I have purchased a few parts for the reactor already)... and since the book will be slowly written over the next several years, I can just put an hour or so in every day (minimum)... pacing yourself, setting a work schedule for all of your personal projects, and making sure the returns you get from spending time to refine an idea are actually worth it is key... (also, I'm trying my hardest to get into MIT, so I have some incentive
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