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I disagree - polymath to me implies Newton or Euler, autodidact just implies that you are good at learning on your own.
by whimsicalism 3y ago
I disagree - polymath to me implies Newton or Euler, autodidact just implies that you are good at learning on your own.
- SantalBlush 3y agoAgreed, but whether or not someone is capable of accurately self-assessing how well they've learned a topic depends on how well they've actually learned the topic. This means someone can do a bad job of learning a topic on their own, but still believe they're an autodidact. I think that happens a lot.