BACK when the scientific method was a radical new idea, and when science was the preserve of wealthy (or well-sponsored) gentleman amateurs, it was just about possible for a single person to know everything about it. Years of study, and then a lifetime spent keeping abreast of new developments, allowed one to be fluent in physics, biology, chemistry, astronomy and the rest of the disciplines that made up the sum of humanity's empirical knowledge.
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