Most disciplines are ~ infinitely deep. An amazing jazz upright bassist once told me that he was only scratching the surface, and to look into 5 other musician

Most disciplines are ~ infinitely deep. An amazing jazz upright bassist once told me that he was only scratching the surface, and to look into 5 other musicians for examples that were blowing his mind at the moment. A flight instructor at one point said "You'll think you're competent at flying but a pilot can sense your ignorance a mile away with a couple sentences." I don't know what constitutes polymath but I can barely be a mono-math and I am happy with what I have.