Jonah Lehrer Self-Plagiarism in IMAGINE
Out of morbid curiosity, I started leafing through Jonah Lehrer's IMAGINE to see if there were any examples of Lehrer lifting passages from previous pieces and including them in the book. To my surprise, I discovered nine instances in the first 100 pages. Story TK.
More Jonah Lehrer self-copy. Wired 2011 blog entry (is.gd/ONGf3T), ¶3-5, reproduced in IMAGINE, P. 51.- Lehrer: "The answer returns us to the brain" from 2011 Wired post (is.gd/wB546W), repurposed on IMAGINE, p. 57
- Lehrer: "While dopamine neurons are relatively rare " ¶ from 2010 Wired post (is.gd/jCdiO3), reused in IMAGINE, pages 59-60.
- Earl Miller sections of Jonah Lehrer's "The Eureka Hunt" (New Yorker, 2008) (is.gd/1awJoW) repurposed in IMAGINE, p. 65-66.
- And here's a Lehrer three-fer. @silvermanjacob uncovered this Forgas example (is.gd/fB6LqU). It's also there in IMAGINE, p. 76-77.
- Three again! "students were randomly assigned" 2011 blog post (is.gd/q1oWfh), 2010 blog post (is.gd/Hg0EbL), IMAGINE, p. 77.
- To @laurahazardowen @romenesko @joecoscarelli: check my feed. More Jonah Lehrer self-plagiarism in IMAGINE.
- Lehrer copy: "The enhancement of these mental skills.." from NYT Magazine piece (is.gd/dKwKAz), two ¶s, IMAGINE, p. 78-9.
- Lehrer self-copy: "led to a surge of activity" to end of ¶ in 2011 blog post (is.gd/kcn3xd) repurposed in IMAGINE, p. 92.
- Lehrer self-copy: Clay Marzo profile from Outside Magazine (2009) (is.gd/WMqBew), much reproduced in IMAGINE, p. 96-97
- Lehrer self-copy: "Take a 2004 paper" to end of ¶ in 2012 New Yorker post (is.gd/NgzhAk), pulled from IMAGINE, p. 107
- Lehrer self-copy: "Or look at a recent paper" from NYT Opinionator post (is.gd/cRhje7), repurposed for IMAGINE, p. 107.
- Lehrer self-copy: "The inverted U curve" through end of ¶, and next two ¶ s from 2010 WSJ article (is.gd/Tv1yN7), IMAGINE, p. 123-4
- Four-peat "Consider a field of corn." Observer 2010 (is.gd/mi0JiP), McSweeney's/Wired 2011 (is.gd/8bbHHE), IMAGINE, p. 125-6
- Lehrer self-copy: "The Eureka Hunt" (New Yorker, 2008) candle problem descrip (is.gd/1awJoW), IMAGINE, p. 128-129.
- Then back to the 2010 Observer article ("What does this have to do with living abroad?) (is.gd/mi0JiP), 3 ¶s, IMAGINE, p. 129-130
- Lehrer self-copy: "Stanislas Dehaene..." to end of ¶ and next two ¶s from 2010 Wired post (is.gd/bpiugp), IMAGINE, p 133-4
- Lehrer self-copy: 2011 WSJ column ("By analyzing 19.9 million") to end of ¶ and next ¶ (is.gd/f7y7ad), IMAGINE, p. 140.
- Addendum to last tweet: Lehrer also recycled passage for 2012 New Yorker article (is.gd/6tWWBP), IMAGINE'S "The Power of Q" chapter.
- Lehrer plagiarized Gladwell! IMAGINE, p. 144 ("every one of them") to end of ¶ , from Gladwell's 2006 NYer piece (is.gd/dv8c5N)
- Lehrer self-copy. "Since 1995, when the first TOY STORY..." 2011 New Yorker piece (is.gd/yt9OBf) to end of ¶ , IMAGINE, p. 144
- Lehrer self-copy: "The Pixar studios are..." to end of ¶, and next ¶ from 2011 Wired post (is.gd/rD0hKD), IMAGINE, p. 149-150
- Addendum to last tweet: "He needed to force people to go there" (also New Yorker, 2012 piece) (is.gd/6tWWBP), IMAGINE, p. 150
