I didn't mean to imply that you WERE an autodidact; I just found it amusing that he considered such an apellation damning!
Despite the 7 years I spent in university, I certainly have read more than several times as much since I left the academy than I did while in attendance.
Every well-educated person is an autodidact, by necessity. ;^)
Or something like that.
Check the zot -- global glowing craters where Laughing Boy was just standing.
Never curse the Asgard.