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v2kai
04-29-2010, 12:41 AM
" The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.

We have 1200+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan. " - http://www.khanacademy.org/

Not sure if this has been posted but I initially saw the 2nd video below regarding the Financial Crisis in the states and looked a bit further into Khan Academy and am actually quite impressed with it. I really like the idea of learning online. I'm one of those types who learns really well on my own at my own pace, as opposed to in a typical classroom or lecture setting. And being a fairly electronically inclined individual and learning so much from the internet already in my life, I think this is a great step in the right direction.

Kind of on a different topic but in his CNN interview he mentions dumping the old corrupt banking system and implementing a new one... sounds like a better idea than perpetuating the shit one :dunno:

Thoughts?


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JMaj7
04-29-2010, 12:45 AM
this guy is fuckin awesome!
97'Scort
04-29-2010, 12:59 AM
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
Grogador
04-29-2010, 01:04 AM
Originally posted by 97'Scort
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

fucker, beat me to it :eek: :poosie:
v2kai
04-29-2010, 01:10 AM
Originally posted by 97'Scort
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!


Originally posted by 97'Scort
fucker, beat me to it


:rofl: back on topic! srsly u guys /cartman

I'm checking out some of his vids in the finance section. very very informative
pyroza
04-29-2010, 01:34 AM
He saved my ass last semester in calculus, my teacher couldn't teach at all.
Modelexis
04-29-2010, 02:00 AM
We all know that north america is full of highly intelligent men/women, this is an example of only one that stopped wasting their gifts.

This is only one guy, imagine if even a small fraction of 'hedge fund analyst' experts stopped wasting their gifts.
CUG
04-29-2010, 02:18 AM
Awesome find. Thank you.
Canmorite
04-29-2010, 11:14 AM
Smart idea. I always research subjects I want to learn about online, now they're all in one place.
mx73someday
04-29-2010, 02:08 PM
The great thing about teaching topics via podcast is that you can potentially teach tens of thousands of people a year whereas a teacher/professor in a class room is limited to the size of the class (30-100 per year). It seems wasteful to have a brilliant professor and only have him or her reach less than a hundred people a year.
Redlined_8000
04-29-2010, 02:10 PM
Im totally gonna check out some of his lessons... Good for him! :clap:
v2kai
04-29-2010, 02:57 PM
Originally posted by mx73someday
The great thing about teaching topics via podcast is that you can potentially teach tens of thousands of people a year whereas a teacher/professor in a class room is limited to the size of the class (30-100 per year). It seems wasteful to have a brilliant professor and only have him or her reach less than a hundred people a year.


not for the ridiculous tuition fees they wanna charge:nut: I can understand that but really like this guy for teaching for the sake of spreading knowledge:thumbsup:
InLoveWitRSX
04-29-2010, 03:03 PM
omg hahahah I was learning from this guys youtube videos for my stats the last couple weeks. damn I didn't know that was him. such a great teacher.
sexualbanana
04-30-2010, 09:31 AM
This just upsets me more that my work computer doesn't have sound
lint
03-09-2011, 11:43 AM
New TED Talk with Salman Khan
http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html
911fever
03-09-2011, 12:27 PM
awesome guy with great teaching
TorqueDog
03-09-2011, 12:43 PM
That's pretty awesome. I'll be checking some of this stuff out when I get home.
oupzwrongthread
03-09-2011, 01:01 PM
Great vid - love that khan guy
Cos
03-09-2011, 01:04 PM
I cant access at work but how does the guy make money? Is he doing this for free?
lint
03-09-2011, 01:16 PM
Originally posted by Cos
I cant access at work but how does the guy make money? Is he doing this for free?

He did it for free but now has some very powerful backers, like the Gates Foundation
oupzwrongthread
03-09-2011, 01:45 PM
^^I was gonna say - Looks like Billy G is on board.
CUG
03-09-2011, 03:49 PM
That guy is awesomely smart.
lint
03-09-2011, 03:58 PM
if m.alex stopped chasing jailbait, he too could change the world
Toma
03-09-2011, 05:12 PM
Back to the renaissance where people studied, taught, researched, invented for self fulfillment and enlightenment and NOT for $??

Awesome :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Kudos man, Kudos.
max_boost
03-09-2011, 05:19 PM
Full of win!!!

So awesome.
Toma
03-09-2011, 05:21 PM
That video on his take on what is wrong with the Financial syste,,,,, it is right on! It's funny, this Moore video that we "discussed" on an American site says the same thing really, and the Americans were FURIOUS at Moore lol

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/hollywoodland/2011/03/02/priceless-video-michael-moore-talks-about-redistributing-wealth-as-though-hes-not-wealthy/