claiming credit for literal words of others is fraud

it's not a thought crime, it's fraud, it's claiming credit for something you didn't do

it's the opposite of a false accusation and it should be considered to be as serious, it's a similar thing as the "stolen valor" law about not being legal to pretend to be an officer of some official title, same thing, i wrote this, i am this, he is that (but isn't) all of these are lies with serious consequences 

 Where do you personally draw the line between taking someone else's ideas and directly copying their work? In all honesty, it's very rare you see a legitimately novel idea these days. 

 when it gets to much more than a paragraph of verbatim text, or 95% identical paragraph or more

i think that should be obvious, it's not just one statement, it's a line of reasoning that is being repeated without reparsing and taking credit for it in the header of the document 

 Thank you for the clarification, that makes sense.

It's crazy how much direct copying there is at high levels of academia. You'd think they'd be paid enough to at least mix the words and add a source. 

 just like government attracts toxic motherfucker sons of bitches so does fiat academia 

 Crediting is important and the cool thing to do but I don’t think it’s a crime if you don’t 

Pretty much everything we think & say is copied from others 

 there's a big difference between "copying is fine" and "pretending to be the original author" 

 Agree. Impersonating others or misrepresenting direct work is horrible practice. 

 I agree I should’ve acknowledged this point 

 And you sooner or later get busted when you do so.