Re:Ask HN: Are you a polymath? know of one?
by yummypaint on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @06:24PM
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The bar for what is considered an expert is arguably higher, too. There is a much larger pool of people to be compared with thanks to global communication and population growth.
Today it seems impossible. Though, with the right head start of a highly privileged birth, perfect timing of the right mentors, winning the genetic lottery, and other uncountable factors, you might get one or two a century. Of course, depending on the breadth of your definition.