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36. I won't pretend I know the answer to that, especially not knowing the details.

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 07:40 AM

Nov 2013

There are a number of (legitimate) reasons why there may be multiple sources found for one title, but I don't know enough about publishing in that field to make any intelligent guesses.

Given that, it doesn't seem likely to me that he would have so blatantly plagiarized another paper back then, because it likely would have been more obvious (to readers within the field), and the stakes for him professionally would have been much higher back then, as a 25-yr-old med student and not as the center of his own political machine.

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Senator Paul Claims to Have Written Scientific Papers.... [View all] xocet Nov 2013 OP

And did he actually write even this one? The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #1

Let's see those eight footnotes, too. randome Nov 2013 #2

...for ONE sentence pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #7

He sounds rattled. Another clown falling out of the car. randome Nov 2013 #9

That is exactly what I thought.... n/t xocet Nov 2013 #21

If he really wrote science articles, he would know they are not "footnotes" Coyotl Nov 2013 #35

I wouldn't let "Doctor" Paul anywhere near my eyes. progressoid Nov 2013 #3

He also claims to have written "The Diary of Anne Frank." Orrex Nov 2013 #4

At the same time he wrote his doctor's diploma? appleannie1 Nov 2013 #5

He also wrote the stuxnet virus. randome Nov 2013 #6

I think that it's billh58 Nov 2013 #8

And for someone whose hair looks like melted broccoli, too. randome Nov 2013 #11

Bet he wrote one to get into his Association malaise Nov 2013 #10

Hey, don't mock! He's Bored Certified! pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #13

He was in The Association? He sang "Never My Love"? hatrack Nov 2013 #40

Scientific papers don't allow wholesale plagiarism... JHB Nov 2013 #12

I think that is what is probably happening even as we write Hekate Nov 2013 #26

THIS. Volaris Nov 2013 #31

I don't know the protocol for scientific papers, enlightenment Nov 2013 #28

I won't pretend I know the answer to that, especially not knowing the details. JHB Nov 2013 #36

He probably paid someone to write it for him, and THEY knew better than to plagiarize SoCalDem Nov 2013 #41

I agree - I didn't think he cribbed an entire enlightenment Nov 2013 #42

well, so's David Duke! MisterP Nov 2013 #14

what an asswipe gopiscrap Nov 2013 #15

Someone should tell Gattaca Man Rand that middle school papers don't count. kydo Nov 2013 #16

The sci. jounrals I've published in don't use footnotes... HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #17

He's learning another meaning of the word 'footnote'. randome Nov 2013 #20

That is a good point. xocet Nov 2013 #22

PubMed should work as should Science Citation Index HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #25

Here is an example of a review article with which I am familiar.... xocet Nov 2013 #33

Searching on PubMed for Paul RH[Author] has some that are probably his, but... JHB Nov 2013 #37

It is weird he calls them "footnotes" johnd83 Nov 2013 #18

No, if you're quoting a section of another work, it's cited like every other reference in the paper JHB Nov 2013 #19

A "citation" enlightenment Nov 2013 #30

The man's got a complex. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #23

Tell him Rachel Maddow wrote a fugging PhD thesis at malaise Nov 2013 #24

This fucker is special as hell. giftedgirl77 Nov 2013 #27

He should have kept his trap shut MattBaggins Nov 2013 #29

I fed the search term Denzil_DC Nov 2013 #32

Thanks. I have been looking at some of those entries. xocet Nov 2013 #34

You're welcome. Denzil_DC Nov 2013 #38

In one, he discussed how some peas are wrinkled, and others are smooth . . . hatrack Nov 2013 #39