Benoît Mandelbrot, in 'The (Mis)Behavior of Markets'' (2004) co-written wiith Richard L. Hudson, Ch. 12, p. 245
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People want to see patterns in the world. It is how we evolved. We descended from those primates who were best at spotting the telltale pattern of a predator in the forest, or of food in the savannah. So important is this skill that we apply it everywhere, warranted or not.
— Benoît Mandelbrot on Pattern
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About Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Poland-born French-American mathematician known as the "father of fractal geometry".
About Benoît Mandelbrot
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was a Poland-born French-American mathematician known as the "father of fractal geometry".
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