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What fields are you going to deep dive in next? I 'm going with sociolinguistics

>> No.21405086

>>21405066
can you actually hack the "math" part of "polymath"? because if not then everything else you choose to pursue is meaningless.

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21405344

>>21405066
> sociolinguistics

>> No.21405386

how do you decide that material to read? how do you plan your studies?

>> No.21405394

>>21405386
>how do you decide that material to read?
Reading reviews
>how do you plan your studies?
I don't

>> No.21405436

>>21405066
Polymathy is a cope for midwits. Sure, you can to some extent be quite knowledgeable in adjacent fields, but given the fact that even scientists are often pathetically illiterate in the subjects outside of their fields, age of polymaths was over since at least Thomas Young

>> No.21405601

>>21405066
>deep dive
>proceeds to read an introductory textbook or two
>will never try to apply any of the knowledge
>will just passively read
Damn dude, you're a real fucking polymath. I mean...being able to use your short-term memory to recall facts...damn dude...how do you do it? Us mere unimaths can't even comprehend your intellect.

>> No.21406882

>>21405344
? What is your point here

>> No.21408437

>>21405436
Most scientists are midwits though. For a high IQ genius polymathy is achievable.

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21408446

>>21405601
>learning things is ... le bad

>> No.21408687

>>21405066
Just got The Whole Creature: complexity, Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Culture in the mail. Its great