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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by yarapavan on Saturday October 10, 2009 @03:33AM (#873090)
One more addition * Von Neumann - Mathematician, Economist,Game Theorist, Computer Scientist.
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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by nibrahim on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:06PM (#873562)
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.

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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by bhiggins on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:42PM (#873611)
you have to be good at those things to count
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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by nibrahim on Monday October 12, 2009 @03:03AM (#876225)
Point taken. :)
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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by guitarjunkie on Saturday October 10, 2009 @02:46PM (#873622)
How about bigot? Does that count?
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Re:Hunt for Modern Polymaths: 20 Living Examples by billswift on Sunday October 11, 2009 @12:07PM (#874822)
Von Neumann isn't exactly living. If you want to include recently dead Richard Feynman would be tops.
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