The problem of the polymaths

Many people think they are, or hope they are, or want to be celebrated as being a polymath. Who among them will be pleased, and who offended, at being mentioned or at not being mentioned in the article called “The Last Days of the Polymath“? The article appears in a magazine called More Intelligent Life. It begins:

People who know a lot about a lot have long been an exclusive club, but now they are an endangered species. Edward Carr tracks some down…