> simply shoddy academic work. But since the context in which it is happening is one of claimed progressiveness we get an existential and philosophical takedown

> simply shoddy academic work. But since the context in which it is happening is one of claimed progressiveness we get an existential and philosophical takedown that implies there’s a deeply rotten core at the center of the university system. There is a difference between "shoddy academic work" and the university defending that using 1984 type phrases like "duplicate work" and threatening journalists who reported the plagiarism. https://nypost.com/2023/12/24/news/harvard-slammed-for-threat-in-claudine-gay-plagiarism-scandal/ https://nypost.com/2023/12/24/news/harvard-slammed-for-threa...