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I don't know where to start criticizing this article. Robin Hanson is [1]. He has 64 years old, is an economist with degrees in top universities yet he writes:
by wslh 3y ago
I don't know where to start criticizing this article.
Robin Hanson is [1]. He has 64 years old, is an economist with degrees in top universities yet he writes: "While my stamina and raw speed or intensity of thought is probably declining with age", probably? I can support this error from a random article but not from a polymath and scientist.
It continues with simple proofreading errors (I am not an English native speaker!) such as "Furthermore, I better know roughly want to expect re what sorts of connections won’t yet have been found, which are how valuable, and what it would take to test them or get folks to listen about them".
Then, his core assumption that "... polymaths peak later in life might be a bit discouraging news to young polymaths". Are polymath a homogeneus group? Has he done his research? Just going to the Wikipedia page about polymaths [2] falsifies his claim.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hanson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hanson
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath
- jollyoldpirate 3y ago[flagged]
- throwitaway222 3y ago> It continue with simple proofreading errors
- wslh 3y agoQuote precisely, because it continues with ... (I am not an English native speaker!)
- zone411 3y agoYou can support this error? What? If you're criticizing someone for errors or lack of research, you should strive for more authoritative references than Wikipedia pages.
- wslh 3y agoIt's not the kind of errors I tolerate from an academic with those degrees. It sounds more like a rant of a young someone without experience writing.
- hinkley 3y agoOr perhaps because English is not your first language, you miss out a bit on sardonic or self deprecating tones. Not everyone is literal. And I suspect polymaths even less so (for instance I would expect overuse of analogy and metaphor to be a relatively common trait of people who don’t stay in their lane)