Yetton: Why not copy and paste into your life what other people are doing in their lives? Why not plagiarize some one else's personality if there are features of that personality that you like more. In fact, so much of learning throughout the life span, but maybe most obviously in childhood, is mimicry. You see somebody do something, and then you do it. And i remember thinking this when as a graduate student in psychology,. Now, you're a journalist, do you know what a p a format is? I do remember it, but more from demion than journalism. It was the footnoting bibliography style and stuff like that, out of sight references. So
Are there downsides to “personality plagiarism”? Why did no one buy the Crayola Crayon Carver? And should Stephen feel bad for copying Angela’s email signature?