Mandelbrot+Julia

Are fractals the epitome of unintelligence?
I mean, self repeating. Super predictable. No newness on a fundamental level. It seems nature has only one trick up its slave.
Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Nature repeats like it’s going out of style. But what exactly is nature repeating again?
Itself maybe?
Now that I think about it, where did that first pattern come from anyway?