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A not entirely crazy defense of modern polymathy. People Who Have “Too Many Interests” Are More Likely To Be Successful According To Researchhttps://medium.com/the-mission/modern-polymath-81f882ce52db …
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The body of knowledge was way smaller and not as sophisticated in Newton's times. I guess it was way easier to become an expert then than it is today.
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The hurdles were to be literate and be granted access to books and mentors. Those are gone.
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And this access was highly selective.
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Yes. Basically you had to be rich, Noble or cleric, and a man.
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And white, to wit ;)
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Doubt that quantity of interests can be separated from quality of intellect. Try having too many ideas with less than stellar ability and you will flounder, I predict.
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Interesting—people interested in (& knowledgeable about) divergent areas are more likely to see connections between them that others miss. Fisher was one of the first scientists with obsessive interest in both statistics & genetics, and so understood links far ahead of his time.
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Relevant to my (many) interests. Nice article.
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