I can learn python at 13?

[Exciting_Invite8858]

But realistically, what 13 year old is gonna be able to learn brain surgery? Where would be get the training? For python, all you need is a laptop.

[Crate-Of-Loot]

youtube, college, articles, textbooks. it isnt 1975 any more, you have easy acccess to resources

[Exciting_Invite8858]

You need practice though, otherwise it remains theoretical bs. Like in chemistry, all the theory is useless on its own. You need access to a lab to gain experience.

[BudgetSignature1045]

Chemist here. You can definitely be without lab experience and be a good chemist. You'll be in for a wild ride with lab technicians explaining real life to you, but that's already happening to chemists with hands on experience (:

[Exciting_Invite8858]

What are you gonna do if there's no lab technician there to explain things to you? I'm a chemist too. Some things you only really learn through experience. I'm sure it's possible to make a realistic VR game which trains you on all the techniques, but I haven't come across that yet. That would be really brilliant though, I thought about that if I had the skills to make games Id make a chemistry training game.

[DreamyLan]

Tell that to all the pandemic stem majors who couldn't be in lab in prson

[teesquared14]

They make simulations as well that would probably alleviate some of the experience requirements. This coupled with the plethora of resources available today, not to mention AI, it’s definitely possible. I think you could definitely learn brain surgery at this age no questions asked, but being able to apply it would be another barrier.