Rampant Lifting of Ideas in Science vs Cross of Dots Photo 51 via XRay Crystalography in Double Helix Identification
“Rosy [Franklin], of course, did not directly give us her data. For that matter, no one at King’s realized they were in our hands.” – James Watson, The Double Helix
This ‘borrowing’ or ‘seeding’ or ‘stimulation’ happens a lot in science and likely everywhere. At least Watson had the gumption and honesty to acknowledge in print his stimuli.
