Benoît Mandelbrot Quote

Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by withdrawing entirely into narrowly defined specialties. The rare scholars who are nomads by choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the subtle disciplines


Benoit Mandelbrot cited in James Gleick (1987) Chaos: Making a New Science p. 70


Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by...

Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by...

Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by...

Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by...