Agreed. Benoit Mandelbrot was the same; "When I discovered Fractals, which are a thing that I discovered, including the Mandelbrot Set, which is named after me,

Agreed. Benoit Mandelbrot was the same; "When I discovered Fractals, which are a thing that I discovered, including the Mandelbrot Set, which is named after me, because I discovered it..." Wth some people it means I just stop listening to them, but I just ignore it here, since both Mandelbrot and Wolfram usually have interesting and insightful things to say as well.