Philosophy Wire: Stolen doctorates. Dull era...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-02-06]:

The minister of Education in Germany was stripped off her doctorate in Philosophy due to plagiarism.

Stolen doctorates. [1] Big surprise.
I always wandered.
In a society where doctorates are increasing with geometric progression, we should have a new "Theory of Relativity"-type discovery every week...
Innovation today is a synonym for copy-paste-rebrand.
The era of people like Louis-Victor-Pierre-Raymond seems far far away..

PS. For those who do not know Louis, his 1924 "Recherches sur la théorie des quanta" (Research on the Theory of the Quanta) doctorate thesis, introduced his theory of electron waves. This included the wave–particle duality theory of matter, based on the work of Max Planck and Albert Einstein on light. The thesis examiners, unsure of the material, passed his thesis to Einstein for evaluation who endorsed his wave–particle duality proposal wholeheartedly; de Broglie was awarded his doctorate. This research culminated in the de Broglie hypothesis stating that any moving particle or object had an associated wave. An era where new science was produced based on doctorates. A different era...

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Philosophy Wire: Stealing, confessing, forgiving…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-12-12]: A man who stole a valuable antique religious picture confessed his act to Church, thus helping authorities locate it (even though damaged beyond repair since it was thrown to the water after it was stripped from all precious metals). [source: web news] Religious practices(with which we may laugh now) can be surprisingly effective. Forgiving is an essential part of Christian religion. And if practiced correctly it could lead to police being totally useless. If only more of us were practicing it…

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Philosophy Wire: Stolen moon samples, materialism, romanticism…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-12-09]: Most of the Moon samples that NASA has loaned to researchers or museums have been “lost” [source: web news]. Having in your possession a rock or some sand from the Moon is certainly tempting. Others would suffice with watching the Moon at night with their loved ones. Who of the two is more stupid is obvious (but I will not tell you who it is)…

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