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I don't get it. Is he dead? I can find no credible evidence that he is. Wikipedia proclaims he is alive, there is no news indicating otherwise, nor any web repo
by lrm242 16y ago
I don't get it. Is he dead? I can find no credible evidence that he is. Wikipedia proclaims he is alive, there is no news indicating otherwise, nor any web reports. We only have this odd link to Taleb's homepage indicating that Mandelbrot has passed. Surely if you're going to submit a link regarding such an event there is more information and a better link to share other than two lines on Taleb's homepage--right?
EDIT: This is nothing more than a rumor right now. Even Wikipedia has a discussion topic on it, referencing Taleb's home page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Benoît_Mandelbrot#Death_rumours http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Benoît_Mandelbrot#Death_ru...
- hsmyers 16y agoHe's alive according to: http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.Nsf/mnames/Mandelbrot+Benoit http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.Nsf/mnames/Mandelbrot+Be...
- PilotPirx 16y agoreading the pages URL "fooled by randomness" I would consider this a bad joke. Could somebody mark this post as [dead] ?
- flybrand 16y agoThat is Nassim Taleb's website. Fooled By Randomness was his first trade book. Taleb is Mandelbrot's protege in financial circles.
- PilotPirx 16y agoOh, ok. Thank you for clarifying this point. I didn't know the book and thought it strange in combination with this unconfirmed information.
- Jayasimhan 16y agoNassim posted the same news on his facebook page too. I would guess the news is not hoax. I dont think his page is hacked.
- DevX101 16y agoUnless Nicholas Taleb's page was hacked, he's dead. Taleb is a close personal friend of Mandelbrot.