Having money is like having an army. You want to have it and you don’t want to use it.
(Modification of previous aphorism)
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The absurdity of money is that it is only good for you if you don’t spend it.
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All rules have exceptions including this one.
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When someone says about a paper “there is nothing deep or new”, it means that 1) it is deep, 2) it is new, & more importantly 3) it is right. When there is nothing deep or new people say nothing.
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Why I find it unethical to cite books you haven’t read that you see mentioned in other books. This is an example from the Dobelli case but it is general. I spent 2 years reading books and papers on the history of medicine, taking notes. Then cited the author. About 60 hours of work for 1 citation. Dobelli mentions my argument, cuts/pastes the citation from my text, then cites him separately (in a discussion that is overall exposition of my argument). The argument would be “it is not your text, but Burch”. It is. The work of a researcher should be respected.
(Note that I kept reading until “saturation” of finding same points shared by many authors, then stopped” The only ambiguous point is what is found on Wikipedia: does one cite Wikipedia? What if the page changes?