Can you name someone that pulled off a certain impossible feat academically?

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Ygggdrasil said:
I always knew Newton's style would be quite derivative.
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Getting multiple degrees is not that difficult if you have the money/financial support and don't have to work. Continually going to school is hardly a feat. Getting degrees in related disciplines is even easier because previous coursework can be used for some of the degree requirements.

And that guy who's a pianist and has a physics doctorate...he's been playing since he was two. Probably had a teacher for years and years. Not at all difficult to excel at something one has been doing for as long as one can walk.

What's really amazing is how far socioeconomic privilege alone can take a person.