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Rodney Rockwell's avatar

An impact from peddling bullshit doesn’t mean that it’s a good or accurate impact.

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelhobbes.bsky.social/post/3kh5ihd25is2a

I’m sorry, he’s literally claiming that paraphrasing is plagiarism here, and you’re buying it.

Paraphrasing is allowed. Look at near any research paper and it starts with summarizing the area of study, oft through paraphrasing and quotations from a lot of different sources. Does that not seem, y’know, logical?

Researchers aren’t expected or even supposed to reinvent the wheel with each paper, things build on past knowledge, the work being demonstrated by a researcher is the *new* work, this one especially feels like a smart man duping people who never had to take a college writing course.

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Anthony Vermeer's avatar

Agree totally. If every example of paraphrasing, copying of sentences, or even copying paragraphs in academia was taken to task, academia would be in turmoil. Christopher is attacking Dr Gay with a zeal that suggests an agenda beyond exposing fraud.

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Don Reed's avatar

You're a criminal defense lawyer, may I assume?

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Anthony Vermeer's avatar

Plagiarism, if that's what happened here, is not illegal. So stand down Don.

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Don Reed's avatar

01/02/24: It is a violation of the rules of Harvard University and students there have been expelled BY CLAUDINE GAY HERSELF for engaging in it. Morally, it is theft, plain and simply. The opinions of people who condone it are worthless.

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Anthony Vermeer's avatar

Well, you took the time to talk to me. I don't condone plagiarism, but I also don't condone the overwhelming canceling of Dr Gay by people who have no understanding of Dr Gay or her work.

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