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The Scholar's avatar

"Now the fact that polymaths peak later in life might be a bit discouraging news to young polymaths." Not discouraging at all, it gives me hope. Just when I think I've surpassed the age of making achievements, I read this and find a newfound motivation. Thank you :)

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Peter Gerdes's avatar

I think it's hard in this area to distinguish whether it's the mastery of the material that takes time or aquiring the social status and ways of speaking that allow one to be taken seriously.

I suspect that the biggest reason for the time to have an effect on multiple areas is overcoming the barriers fields raise against outsiders.

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