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 settled disciplines. - Benoit Mandelbrot

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Benoit Mandelbrot: "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 settled disciplines."

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Above	Clarify	Competition	Defined
Disciplines	Entirely	Essential	Everything
Intellectual	Into	Narrowly	Nomadsbychoice
Rare	Ruined	Rules	Scholars
Science	Settled	Specialties	Sports
Welfare	Withdrawing

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