(August 7, 2019 at 6:13 pm)Jackalope Wrote:(August 7, 2019 at 5:42 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: The character has extensive knowledge of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, astronomy, cosmology, economics, electronics, computers, vexillology, linguistics, geology, (American) football, trains, comic books, contract law and science fiction. He speaks English, Klingon, Mandarin, Swedish, Hindi and Finnish. He dances well and plays piano, bongos, recorder and theremin.
I'm pretty sure you can't be so well-versed in so many different subjects without having a marked degree of interest in the ideas behind them. If someone with that skill set doesn't qualify as an intellectual, he'll do until one comes along.
Boru
I would suggest that not only does he qualify as an intellectual, he probably would be considered a polymath.
I apologize for not understanding that this fictional character is, in fact, a deeply learned and wise individual. I hope that Sheldon has not suffered harm from this, and can forgive me for misrepresenting him.
