academia
RE: https://mastodon.social/@lobsters/116140298114680902
Regarding:
"In an 1874 paper, Georg Cantor proved that there are different sizes of infinity and changed math forever. A trove of newly unearthed letters shows that it was also an act of plagiarism"
Very much not surprising. Not because it is Georg Cantor. But because people working in academia are infamous for plagiarism
Obviously not everyone working in academia plagiarizes. But, a lot do!
Plagiarize from each other, from people not working in academia, etc. AFAICT it is very common