Polymath
by Waqas Ahmed · first published 2018
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on “What are books or memoirs from great people that can help future great people?” ↗A few books which I enjoyed that are somewhat on the subject of polymathy: - The Polymath by Waqas Ahmed. This one directly discusses polymathy in history, and how our "natural state" really is of that of the polymath, not the specialist. A nice book that helped me get past…
on “A Return to Polymathy (2015) [pdf]” ↗…mis-interpreted statistic in a pop science article. I'm leaning towards the latter. The vague phrasing of "studies have found" immediately makes me suspicious. Google first led me to the book "The Polymath: Unlocking the Power of Human Versatility" by Waqas Ahmed, mentioned in this article (a submarine?), which contains this paragraph: > "According to a study by American psychologist Bernice Eiduson titled…
on “Why Some People Are Impossibly Talented” ↗