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Just plain polymath will do fine, seeing as the last time anyone could make legitimate claim to this title was probably 500 years ago.
by ghostly_s 10y ago
Just plain polymath will do fine, seeing as the last time anyone could make legitimate claim to this title was probably 500 years ago.
- ckozlowski 10y agoI agree with you in principle that they're rather rare. But there's been a few in that time-span. The most recent that comes to mind? Read about Bruce Dickinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson
- grogenaut 10y agoReading that I see musician who did a solo album and some other bands, common, who flys planes... common in actors, and is an entrepeneur.. in beer (food), all super common for someone who has made money. I don't see a broad range here, this sounds super common, how much crap does Michael Jordan or John Travolta have in common with this guy. I don't see: patents, masters degrees (not too hard), charities, news articles, really anything that shows he's able to just pick up anything quickly.
- 314 10y agoBuckminster Fuller?
- alasdair_ 10y agoWhat about someone like Bill Gates? Programmer and businessman, sure but he also knows a fuck ton about infectious diseases and global politics and all kinds of other things.
- _Wintermute 10y agoA fuck ton in this case is probably less than an undergraduate (micro) biologist. Hardly a polymath unless he was producing new research in the field.