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Feb 21, 2019
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Scott Alexander discusses unintentional plagiarism in his writing, reflecting on how writers blend their influences at various levels of recognition. Longer summary
Scott Alexander reflects on unintentional plagiarism in his writing, sparked by realizing a sentence in his previous post about plagiarism was unconsciously inspired by a Miss Manners quote. He discusses how writers often blend their influences, sometimes resulting in recognizable 'chunks' of others' work appearing in their own. Scott extends this idea to writing style, worldview, and reasoning methods, suggesting they are all 'slurries' of one's influences, with some elements more recognizable than others. Shorter summary