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winston  ·  4423 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Human-Powered Helicopter: Straight Up Difficult

da Vinci was a visionary. Who is the da-Vinci of our times?





Almost_A_Robot  ·  4423 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well its not really feasible to be a Renaissance man anymore, the cut off point was around the mid 1800s. Back there was maybe a few thousand people working on research, but now there are millions of people working in every field, and unless you are some kind of savant it is impossible to become an expert in all of them.

winston  ·  4416 days ago  ·  link  ·  

From a percentage of population standpoint, it may not be much of a variant. I can't think of any people that would fit the Renaissance Man title though.