I spoke to them on the phone for half an hour, and I was hesitant because I thought they would twist my words or butcher them. I am pleasantly surprised that it is a relatively competent and unbiased article: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/5/23/plagiarism-culture-war-feature/
Gay’s piece in NYT was terrible. She acknowledged nothing and sounded very put upon. But the comments were unsupportive. A big point was how a student would be treated for similar plagiarism: possibly suspended or expelled. Why does she deserve special treatment?
"I think there’ll be one big [plagiarism] wave eventually and maybe continued stories here or there, but I don’t think it’s going to be a consistent theme for the next five years,” he added"
And can we say the same about bogus 'antisemitism' stories too, or are they going to continue to be a consistent theme for the next five years (+)? If only the public would get tired of them - & wise up.
Impactful would be a simple website that permanently lists names and positions of plagiarists with examples of their "work".
Like a sex offenders registry!
Gay’s piece in NYT was terrible. She acknowledged nothing and sounded very put upon. But the comments were unsupportive. A big point was how a student would be treated for similar plagiarism: possibly suspended or expelled. Why does she deserve special treatment?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/opinion/claudine-gay-harvard-president.html
"I think there’ll be one big [plagiarism] wave eventually and maybe continued stories here or there, but I don’t think it’s going to be a consistent theme for the next five years,” he added"
And can we say the same about bogus 'antisemitism' stories too, or are they going to continue to be a consistent theme for the next five years (+)? If only the public would get tired of them - & wise up.
Just read (audible) "Brutal Minds", people might like...
I don;t think the plagiarism issue would be as significant as it has been if not for Joke Briben.