Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by MaysonL on Saturday October 10, 2009 @08:37PM
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Juli Crockett[1] - singer-songwriter, playwright & director [just had a play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival], blogger, philosopher [currently writing her doctoral thesis], and retired professional boxer[3-0]. And she's a lot younger (and prettier) than any of those listed in the article.
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by rglovejoy on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:05AM
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* Anthony Julius - Author, Literary Critic, Attorney
* Donald Knuth - Mathematician, Typographer, Musician, Philosopher
* Rudy Rucker - Mathematician, Science Fiction Writer
* Alex Kozinski - Federal Judge, Essayist, Humorist
* Murray Gell-Mann - Physicist, Mathematician, Linguist
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by yarapavan on Saturday October 10, 2009 @03:33AM
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One more addition
* Von Neumann - Mathematician, Economist,Game Theorist, Computer Scientist.
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by nibrahim on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:06PM
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Eric Raymond perhaps? - Programmer, Musician, Media personality, Martial artist, Economist, Mathematician, Mystic, Essayist, Author
The man does have a way of 'inflating' what he does but these are things he claims to be.
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by bhiggins on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:42PM
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you have to be good at those things to count
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by nibrahim on Monday October 12, 2009 @03:03AM
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Point taken. :)
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by guitarjunkie on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:46PM
(#873622)
How about bigot? Does that count?
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by billswift on Sunday October 11, 2009 @12:07PM
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Von Neumann isn't exactly living. If you want to include recently dead Richard Feynman would be tops.
Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples
by samlittlewood on Saturday October 10, 2009 @09:19AM
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Jonathan Miller - Medical doctor, neuropsychology research, opera, theatre & TV director, wrote and performed in 'Beyond the Fringe', Sculpture, TV presenter, author.
(Not only did he do these things - he excel(ed/s) at them)
I know that there are lots of people who'll fit the bill.
Who do you recommend as a living example of a modern polymath?