THE LAST DAYS OF THE POLYMATH
1st January 2011
The word “polymath” teeters somewhere between Leonardo da Vinci and Stephen Fry.
The old grey matter, it ain’t what it used to be. But you knew that.
Overwhelmed by specialists and attacked by experts as dilettantes, it is amazing that there are any polymaths at all. How do they manage?
Well, you begin by realizing that nobody else’s opinion is of any importance. That takes care of a lot of it.