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And from the HN article "intellectual honesty requires bending-over-backwards to provide any evidence that you might be wrong." The article is so close to a di
by MichaelGagnon 15y ago
And from the HN article "intellectual honesty requires bending-over-backwards to provide any evidence that you might be wrong."
The article is so close to a direct Feynman quote that it makes me wonder if the author was subconsciously plagiarizing Feynman. Normally, I wouldn't mind (subconscious plagiarism is everywhere). But in an article about intellectual honesty I would expect the author to "bend over backwards" to identify and declare potential sources of plagiarism. ;-)
- cma 15y agoYep, I read it and immediately felt that I had read that same phrase somewhere else.
- wnight 15y agoI don't credit the creators of fire, and indoor heating, every time I turn the thermostat up. I similarly see no reason to try to credit the "original" speaker or author unless I'm using a sizable chunk of their work verbatim. Especially as while Feynman said that I highly doubt he was the first to think it. He was, very likely, merely distilling things he'd heard before much as the current author was.