Lotfi Zadeh took more than his fair share of criticism for his outside-the-box idea. Well, actually it was more of a do-away-with-the-box-entirely idea. The name he gave his original concept in 1965, “fuzzy sets” – a critical part of fuzzy math or fuzzy logic – was almost designed to invite criticism.

Learn more about this “Golden Goose” award-winning idea here:

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