A friend took me to task over this. A more accurate version of my beliefs would be "There are no polymaths who call themselves polymaths; there are only people who get things done (that naturally require a mastery of a few domains).
Alas, the nature of the hot take.
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And indeed, I spoketh too soon.
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Ralph Waldo, and this book is The Metaphysical Club by Louis Menand.