There is a lot of social media attention to Goodall's death. I don't mean to be distasteful but it is often forgot that she was "caught for plagiarism:
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/04/02/why-the-jane-goodall-plagiarism-case-worries-me/
Of course, I don't think she did the "chaotic note taking" like she said. I presume it was some underpaid humallm that produced the output under high pressure conditions.
It makes you wonder just what is true about these sorts of, apparently, composite celebrities and what the parasocial relationships that people engage in mean.
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