I heard a story from a relative who was involved in genetic research. A friend submitted a paper for peer review. The paper took a LONG time to be peer reviewed. In the mean time, another paper on essentially the same topic got peer reviewed, and it was authored by the person peer reviewing my relative's friend! In other words, their work was held up, so that it could be stolen by someone more well-connected.
Have heard these kinds of stories out of Hollywood as well. Someone write's a script. It gets passed around, but turned down. Then a very similar story is authored by someone who 'may or may not' have read the script being passed around, and hey, what do you know, it is snapped up!
Makes me wonder if Einstein picked up any of his big ideas while working at the "Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property". Smart enough to understand it, but maybe not smart enough to invent it? Why not position yourself in a job where all new ideas must pass through before being publicly debuted.
I am pretty sure entire books have been written about his plagiarism. Never bothered to read them because the synopsis was convincing enough that it wasn't necessary.
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TheSeer ago
I heard a story from a relative who was involved in genetic research. A friend submitted a paper for peer review. The paper took a LONG time to be peer reviewed. In the mean time, another paper on essentially the same topic got peer reviewed, and it was authored by the person peer reviewing my relative's friend! In other words, their work was held up, so that it could be stolen by someone more well-connected.
Have heard these kinds of stories out of Hollywood as well. Someone write's a script. It gets passed around, but turned down. Then a very similar story is authored by someone who 'may or may not' have read the script being passed around, and hey, what do you know, it is snapped up!
voatusernamevoat ago
A very kosher tactic.
Gorillion ago
Makes me wonder if Einstein picked up any of his big ideas while working at the "Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property". Smart enough to understand it, but maybe not smart enough to invent it? Why not position yourself in a job where all new ideas must pass through before being publicly debuted.
TheSeer ago
I am pretty sure entire books have been written about his plagiarism. Never bothered to read them because the synopsis was convincing enough that it wasn't necessary.
voatusernamevoat ago
https://kek.gg/i/5hZb3h.jpg
Now you know.
prairie ago
The antidote is to not idolize people in the first place. "Great, we've got another person helping to advance science. Let's get to work!"
Tancred ago
Yeah but would that throw the baby out with the bathwater?
Idolizing the right people might be good.