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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago

It's ironic that what most people think of as a highly intelligent person is a polymath aka somebody who is an expert in multiple topics.

Academia today is designed for extreme specialization of knowledge. So it actively selects against anyone that would be classified as a polymath.

It's a pretty big disconnect between expectations and reality.