My hypothesis: Heinlein thought himself capable of all of those things, but knew of nobody else who was. "Everybody but me is an insect"
How many of the things in Heinlein's "Specialization is for insects" speech do you think Heinlein himself could do
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I always took it as aspirational, rather than categorical: 'Strive to be good at many things, rather than one.'
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well he was in the navy, don't they get trained on survival or something like that
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As far as I can see his statement boils down to "A human being should serve in the navy and also raise a family"
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probably all but plan an invasion, the list is surprisingly vague and easy
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Don't know, he was in the Navy after all.
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Probably two-thirds?
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quite. No one *so* generalist since first settlements, prob not even since hunter-gatherers. How far back did he want to go??
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about two thirds.
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He sure died gallantly
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