At college our professor would cross reference our work to see if it was copied. My husband makes his living as an intellectual property lawyer, so stealing others work is common.
Pity for those so lacking intelligence+imagination they must claim the ideas of others- when most of us just cite them, and build upon their works to expand the human knowledge base... Shame !
I think there is a fine line sometimes between copying and building on the work of others. I went to art college before and after studying science and homeopathy. We were assigned to copy the masters, to learn their techniques. We were also told it is perfectly fine to be inspired by others' ideas as a jumping off point. It felt strange at first, but truly you can take a visual from another piece of art and end with something not remotely resembling the inspiring piece. Nothing new under the sun.
I see immediately that I missed the following rubrics:
Mind: AMBITION increased
Mind: AMBITION increased; competitive
Mind: AMBITION increased; competitive, means employed, every possible
another rubric
Mind: LAZINESS
Mind: DECEITFUL (=Sly)
Mind: DECEITFUL; fraudulent
Mind: LIAR
Mind: DELUSIONS; great person, is a
Mind: CUNNING
Mind: CONFIDENCE; want of self confidence
Mind: EGOTISM
Mind: DESIRES; grandeur, desire for
At college our professor would cross reference our work to see if it was copied. My husband makes his living as an intellectual property lawyer, so stealing others work is common.
Pity for those so lacking intelligence+imagination they must claim the ideas of others- when most of us just cite them, and build upon their works to expand the human knowledge base... Shame !
I think there is a fine line sometimes between copying and building on the work of others. I went to art college before and after studying science and homeopathy. We were assigned to copy the masters, to learn their techniques. We were also told it is perfectly fine to be inspired by others' ideas as a jumping off point. It felt strange at first, but truly you can take a visual from another piece of art and end with something not remotely resembling the inspiring piece. Nothing new under the sun.