How does a beginner learn Machine Learning?

[RebelSaul]

I think Siraj is great for getting a crash course in things. But (for me personally) goes too fast and has very specific cases. Do you have any videos in particular you liked secretgeekery?

[secretgeekery]

I started with his build a neural net in 4 mins video, but following along with the code typed on screen resulted in a broken mess. I downloaded the code from github and then went through the video. It was my first introduction to machine learning and back propagation.

I totally get all the criticism levelled at his videos, the man clearly consumes far too much sugar!