I agree with Fiona Duggan's request that the JISC Discussion forum
should not be used to advertise products as she admonished a fan from
South Africa .
However, when one of the members uses the forum to libel my product and
me as evil or naive, it warrants a response on the same forum . Since
his heading included my product name, in the interest of fairness, so
should mine.
It is glaringly obvious that Dr. Mike Reddy has never actually used
Powerresearcher, nor even looked at it any closer than some media
sources he relies on.
Teaching and reminding a person to drive safely, does not remove his
choice to drive recklessly. I challenge him to support his assetion that
it "could dangerously shape student thought and actively prevent
learning". Powerresearcher no more denies anyone's choice than a
detection service that relies on fear of being caught as deterrent.
Significant in its abscence, is any comment by Dr. Reddy that plagiarism
detection services would demonstrate a lack of "respect and trust" of
his students.
I am puzzled why any essay with automated, properly cited sources, would
produce "citation riddled essays" any more than properly writing and
citing manually.
The "crude and dubious" description fits one who would, posing as a
scholar, with rudimentary and elementary knowledge, render an uninformed
opinion, apparently resentful that anyone may profit from automation by
solving a universal problem. I suppose he resents technology,
computers, word processors, Ford, Microsoft or Turnitin too?
Fortunately, very few academics share his view, as Powerresearcher is
receiving rave reviews from academia and is being adopted by schools and
universities worldwide.
Stephan Botes, CEO
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