I am not aware of any department that encourages plagiarism at
least not over here in the shithole. I have just
as much respect for poetry as for the sciences.
But I do think I know what you mean. In psychology they
talk about the difference between crystalized and fluid intelligence.
There is also a trend in fields like sciences the best work is done
early in the career and in fields like history the best work
is done later in the career.
The fluid intelligence is perhaps related to frontal lobe which is
the last to develop and the first to go.
erin
>
>> Squonk,
>>
>> This is excellent essay material, or a novella parody
>> - a la Pirsig.
>>
>> André
>>
>
>That's a good observation.
>Take a peak at the rhetoric of people who contribute to this forum and see if
>you notice anything?
>You may notice one or two here aping a certain style to the point of
>plagiarism?
>The funny thing is, plagiarism is encouraged in literary courses, frowned
>upon in philosophy courses and deemed outright scandalous in science.
>The science tutors' response is social admonition, the philosophy tutors'
>response is a fail grade, and the literary tutors response is a jolly well
>done.
>
>I am guilty as charged.
>Squonk.
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