I don't understand Chemistry

[HoreTore]

what?

nothing has changed at all, the majority of the people still follow authority and believe whatever that authoritive figure recites from his big book.

whether it is a priest and his bible, or a scientist and his thesis, or the hipster with his edgy columns...

99% of the people who now claim that einstein and darwin have the truth of it would have burned witches at a the stake 500 years ago.

How is this even remotely relevant?

[The Stranger]

How is this even remotely relevant?

it is relevant because these people will not learn from someone else than a teacher (who is, or is supposed to be, an authoritive figure), in the broader sense, it doesnt neccesarily need to be a schoolteacher

learning has always been an active process, its just that data is more easily available now. However this does not mean it is more comprehensible, it may in fact even be more confusing since there is also alot of contradicting info available. I can look up any advanced chemistry theory, but most likely i would not understand unless i had someone explain it to me in a comprehensible manner. there often just is a limit to what you can do on your own, and i guess i would agree that schoolteachers are not the only source of this learning, but they never have been. in fact i think people nowadays rely more heavily on school/uni/institutionalised teachers then ever before.