Comments on: Origin of Ideas http://www.ryanholiday.net/origin-of-ideas/ Meditations on strategy and life Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:25:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: matt http://www.ryanholiday.net/origin-of-ideas/#comment-9930 matt Tue, 06 May 2008 18:08:24 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/origin-of-ideas/#comment-9930 That's what has always irked me about how incredibly anal teachers and professors are about citations and plagiarism. I mean yes, it is extremely important to give credit where credit is due, especially in a field where ideas are currency and reputation, but for academic professionals to be so insecure about their work that you can potentially fail a class with an XF (failure due to cheating) because you failed to correctly cite or, god forbid, "stole" someone else's take on a situation is ludicrous. Shouldn't academics be flattered someone trusted their work enough to use it instead of immediately going on the defensive? Maybe I'm overgeneralizing a bit but it still seems insane. That’s what has always irked me about how incredibly anal teachers and professors are about citations and plagiarism. I mean yes, it is extremely important to give credit where credit is due, especially in a field where ideas are currency and reputation, but for academic professionals to be so insecure about their work that you can potentially fail a class with an XF (failure due to cheating) because you failed to correctly cite or, god forbid, “stole” someone else’s take on a situation is ludicrous.

Shouldn’t academics be flattered someone trusted their work enough to use it instead of immediately going on the defensive? Maybe I’m overgeneralizing a bit but it still seems insane.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.ryanholiday.net/origin-of-ideas/#comment-9929 Patrick Mon, 05 May 2008 01:58:21 +0000 http://dev.ryanholiday.net/origin-of-ideas/#comment-9929 Well said. I immediately thought of this quote, and thought you might find it relevant: "References to the OODA Loop were popping up everywhere from newspaper stories to the advice of business consultants. As had been the case with E-M, many of the references did not mention Boyd. His work had become generic. And as had been the case with E-M, he laughed and said he did not mind. The most important thing was that the ideas became known." - Robert Coram, Boyd, Page 384 Well said. I immediately thought of this quote, and thought you might find it relevant:

“References to the OODA Loop were popping up everywhere from newspaper stories to the advice of business consultants. As had been the case with E-M, many of the references did not mention Boyd. His work had become generic. And as had been the case with E-M, he laughed and said he did not mind. The most important thing was that the ideas became known.” – Robert Coram, Boyd, Page 384

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