If you aspire to being a geologist, there is no need to get a doctorate in English literature to write your papers.
Yes, but there is a certain command and knowledge of the English language (or whatever language you are writing in) that goes with the territory.
However, you used the word "education" to describe what you aspired to do in more than one thread you started and participated in here. So, folks related their own stories on how they have gone about "educating" themselves about mandolins. We've all played mandolins that we could or could not afford, at one time or another.
But it was great to get the chance to learn about those instruments and garner some first hand experience. After all, it is a learning experience, just like any other, and there is no substitute for experience when it comes to learning about musical instruments.
However, to re-use your analogy, if you aspire to be a geologist, then you certainly need to get out in the field and study the landscape (and read a lot of material on the subject matter).
Either way, good luck on your quest, whatever it entails, or doesn't.
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