tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30289778.post4467709955238264321..comments2023-12-01T00:34:23.424-05:00Comments on Knowledge and Experience: Bad writing and writing badlyEvelyn Bristerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17016286150526911445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30289778.post-15376276436853773652012-09-08T13:09:58.194-04:002012-09-08T13:09:58.194-04:00I'm struggling with this very same questions, ...I'm struggling with this very same questions, so I'm eager to see what others have to say here. The strategy I was leaning towards was to assign Lehrer's NYer piece but spend about 10 minutes on the dual teachable moments of (1) The temptations to, variety of, and ethical wrong of plagiarism; and (2) the need to exercise some healthy critical skepticism even of things we believe to have gone through some level of review.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406323176431313733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30289778.post-62892393267066602842012-09-07T15:52:10.183-04:002012-09-07T15:52:10.183-04:00That's a tough question. If it were just a mat...That's a tough question. If it were just a matter of recylcing his own material, I'd say it's just a problem between him and The New Yorker; but since there are other issues, it's definitely trickier. I imagine the article would be safer than blog posts, for the reason you note, but it does keep the question raised.<br /><br />Depending on how exactly you use it, perhaps you could go instead with <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/308269/" rel="nofollow">David Freedman's article in <i>The Atlantic</i> on Ionannidis's research</a>, or depending on how much of a slog your students can take, perhaps some of the back-and-forth on Ioannidis's research in PLoS Medicine since his famous article in August 2005 (all of which is online, although none of it is extremely easy)? That might be a safer way. I don't think it would necessarily be wrong to keep it, but speaking just for myself I would probably try to replace it if I could, to reduce the danger of distraction from any legitimate arguments there might be.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com