Desrtopa comments on The Neglected Virtue of Scholarship - Less Wrong

177 Post author: lukeprog 05 January 2011 07:22AM

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Comment author: Costanza 05 January 2011 06:30:40PM *  2 points [-]

I, for one, am dying to hear more about this "ghost write [soft science] papers for lazy rich undergrads at prestigious institutions" business. Probably far more than you would be willing to tell, especially if you plan to keep this gig for any length of time.

Comment author: Desrtopa 05 January 2011 06:41:11PM *  10 points [-]

It's not exactly a novel business model. You can read the testimony of a worker in that field here.

Comment author: Vladimir_M 05 January 2011 07:57:18PM *  7 points [-]

Another pseudonymous confession from a worker in that field:

http://www.eacfaculty.org/pchidester/Eng%20102f/Plagiarism/This%20Pen%20for%20Hire.pdf