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I don't really find the plagiarism worthy of dismissal but don't really get why it should matter where they came from. If a progressive think tank released evi
by fasthands9 3y ago
I don't really find the plagiarism worthy of dismissal but don't really get why it should matter where they came from.
If a progressive think tank released evidence that a rival conservative intellectual had committed academic fraud or something, it wouldn't mean that the allegations cannot be true.
- cratermoon 3y ago> don't really get why it should matter where they came from. Evaluating the reliability and veracity or mendacity of a source is an important first step in assessing the importance of any accusation or claim. That's basic due diligence.
- fasthands9 3y agoNot really? If a crazy person on the street tells me evolution is real that doesn't mean that evolution isn't real. The accusation here isn't really a "he said/she said" situation or anything. You can just read the excerpts highlighted and the excerpts from the passages that came before it. As far as I'm concerned, deciding if they are actually substantially similar (and in a meaningful way that undermines the work) is the only thing worth examining.