I'm sorry if I seemed like I was implying that hackers are polymaths, because I don't think that's the case at all. I think that there are aspects of being a ha

I'm sorry if I seemed like I was implying that hackers are polymaths, because I don't think that's the case at all. I think that there are aspects of being a hacker, and being a polymath that are common. A hacker is not somebody who "codes" HTML, a hacker is somebody who is driven to understand some facet of their environment on a fundamental level. Hackers compulsively wrap their heads round difficult concepts ("grokking", so to speak). I feel like that compulsion to dive head-first into something is a feeling that hackers and polymaths must share. I also didn't mean to imply that I was a polymath. I don't even really consider myself a "monomath". I am still very much a student.