I don't completely agree with what you are saying, because it seems that I am more of the get started as soon as possible camp.. and learn along the way. .even while at the same time, there are some basics that either need to be know or that should be knowable to most people - in spite of the tendencies that people have to gamble, rather than invest...
Learn as you ho certainly has its benefits as, you can take advantage of certain price offers but, it doesn’t permit you to make mistakes as they could prove costly. You can easily be a first victim to an experience but, that’s the risk in learning as you go.
Though, with proper mentorship and an extended curiosity, a lot could be averted before it occurs.
I have mixed ideas about your example of giving a knife to a 1 year old as a toy... . so I thought that kind of an example has quite a bit of potential... but then maybe it is a bit patronizing to be comparing newbie investors to infants of such inexperiences.. or that they are being given something.. so surely everyone has responsibility for their own actions, and surely the younger the kid, the less autonomy they have and the more they are completely dependent upon their parents..
Yeah, the knife to an infant analogy here don’t go as I feel they vary to a large extent. While an infant might make several mistakes before getting to learn a simple trick, the case is different for an adult when it comes to investing in a particular field and you could actually learn on the way except, your far better off learning first. Opportunities might be missed, you miss the chance of having to buy at certain prices where you met the coin and it was readily affordable but, that’s the price for the security you hope yo guarantee through learning.