DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agoEverybody talks about beliefs like they're this big important thing.message-squaremessage-square132linkfedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down131
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareEverybody talks about beliefs like they're this big important thing.DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square132linkfedilink
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIf you’re drawing authority from it, that’s on you. Sometimes you just like the turn of phrase and are giving credit.
minus-squareDominatorX1@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoWhich is more important to you, the phrase or the credit?
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoUh, what? I’ll use a quote when it neatly captures what I was thinking, and credit it to the original author. The phrase is the important part I guess, but fair play to the author.
minus-squareDominatorX1@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoIs the phrase diminished if you leave out the author’s name?
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI believe it’s honest to give proper credit for the idea.
minus-squareDominatorX1@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoI believe that you are avoiding my question.
If you’re drawing authority from it, that’s on you. Sometimes you just like the turn of phrase and are giving credit.
Which is more important to you, the phrase or the credit?
Uh, what? I’ll use a quote when it neatly captures what I was thinking, and credit it to the original author. The phrase is the important part I guess, but fair play to the author.
Is the phrase diminished if you leave out the author’s name?
I believe it’s honest to give proper credit for the idea.
I believe that you are avoiding my question.