German minister denies plagiarism on PhD thesis

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

He is a numbskull for not doing what all good writers do... paraphrasing. Precious little that is written is at all original (heck its often frowned on, which is why most papers need to be rife with pretty much nothing but references).

Also of course the people want to be deceived, this is why stations like Fox news (and pretty much the rest of the media) exist. People don't want to think for themselves, thinking is hard and scary, and worst of all it makes you responsible for your own actions and everything. Nobody wants that... So much easier to have someone else spoon-feed it to you, that way you can blame them if you ever realize they got it wrong.

Quoting from memory:
Lisa:"I don't think its such a good idea."
Homer:"you see honey, we have elected officials to prevent us from thinking"
Lisa:"I still think its not a good idea"
Homer:"tsk, tsk, tsk, theres the 't' word again"