Posted: 9/8/2018 Updated: 12/30/2018
Formal education and in particular academic education is so much overrated and hyped in our and in past times that a correction or a reminder is in order.
History is full of individuals (women and men) who did not have the privilege of such education, but they achieved great things in their lives largely by self education (plus homeschooling).
Thanks to the Internet, we will probably see more accomplished autodidacts in the future. The antiquated system of formal and academic education with its strong elitist features has probably prevented many very capable and talented individuals from achieving their potential especially in science, math, and medicine.
Here is an eclectic selection of a few famous and lesser famous people without much formal education (in no particular order or ranking):
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