http://dagblog.com/link/jonah-lehrer-s-journalistic-misdeeds-wiredcom-14666 Comments for "Jonah Lehrer’s Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com" en http://dagblog.com/comment/163074#comment-163074 <a id="comment-163074"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/jonah-lehrer-s-journalistic-misdeeds-wiredcom-14666">Jonah Lehrer’s Journalistic Misdeeds at Wired.com</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>You can't defend factual errors and made up stuff.  But I give the guy a huge pass on the charge of appropriating his own material.  Writers have the right to repackage and repurpose their own words and research.  I understand that some of this is flat out using the same words and phrases but, if you said something once and said it well, you actually risk delivering less clarity if you insist on writing it differently every time.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:33:29 +0000 Michael Maiello comment 163074 at http://dagblog.com