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tokenadult on Nov 25, 2008 | parent | favorite | on: Is it possible to be a polymath these days?

The formal study of expertise

http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Handbook-Expertise-Expert-Pe...

suggests that it takes longer than a week to become an expert (by a reasonable definition of "expert") in any domain of significance.

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