Eek, Corner Kremlinologists are trying too hard when they inquire as to whether I was aiming this statement at Derb:

But, here’s the thing, I’ve met a few mathematicians and they don’t strike me as particularly brilliant in areas outside of mathematics. Moreover, they don’t strike me as people who would become brilliant at, say, marketing or rocket-design if they simply studied-up. I’m sure there are exceptions, but you know I’m right as a general proposition.

I was not. But something tells me Derb’s polymathic tendencies put him in the “exception” column among mathematicians.