Comment by arjie
10 hours ago
This kind of comment always strikes me as the textual equivalent of the Youtube thumbnail with the big yellow characters and multiple people making an O face and pointing.
The article mentions who observed it in history first, Lewis Fry Richardson, and then links to an encyclopedia article about it which describes Mandelbrot. On top of that, Mandelbrot explicitly named his paper that because he is referencing Richardson.
"Practically plagiarizes the title" because it references the same original referent that Mandelbrot was referencing is really stretching it, mate. Honestly. It would be like calling a book review of Wuthering Heights by Bronte "practically plagiarizing" Fennell's 2026 movie by the same name.
That’s fair, the “practically plagiarize” comment was admittedly harsh and quickly written.It’s obviously an allusion to the paper.
Nevertheless, referencing the LFR work and merely including a link where the paper is discussed feels a little like beating around the bush. The primary article doesn’t seem to use the words “self-similar” nor “fractal” - if you’re only interested in LFR work, why reference Mandelbrot at all?