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.

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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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