lessdazed comments on Practicing what you preach - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lessdazed 26 October 2011 02:39:08AM 1 point [-]

Also -- simply citing someone else without making your own argument is a fallacious activity. I am unimpressed by quotations without context.

In my opinion, quoting is authorship to a much greater extent than it is typically considered.

Comment author: Logos01 26 October 2011 02:41:54AM 1 point [-]

In my opinion, quoting is authorship to a much greater extent than it is typically considered.

That's actually an interesting thought, and I'd tend to agree with you in how you presented it.