Jonah Lehrer, Self-plagiarism: The New Yorker Staffer Stopped Being A Writer And Became An Idea Man.

On Tuesday morning, media watcher Jim Romenesko caught Jonah Lehrer stealing. The victim: Jonah Lehrer. The newly minted New Yorker staff writer’s June 12 blog post “Why Smart People Are Stupid” copied, at times word for word, three paragraphs from … posted on June 22, 2012 at 12:46am EDT