Every Nerd Will Love This Errol Morris-Benoit Mandelbrot Interview
Perhaps it’s because they create an infinity of interesting from simple equations.
Perhaps it’s because they suggest that many seemingly chaotic phenomena have an underlying order.
Perhaps it’s because they were great early screensavers.
But nerds love fractals.
Especially the fractals of the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, whose Mandelbrot set was included in the After Dark screensaver package, right next to the flying toasters.
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