[riazrizvi]

Oh they knew. They knew.

Okay just kidding, but also people stealing what they think are good ideas, discarding the rest, and passing off what is passed along as their own? Everyone does that. Anyone who says different is blind to their own behavior.

[throwpoaster]

With a less negative attribution bias this process is called “learning”.

[riazrizvi]

I prefer the phrase "adding value".

And let's take a moment to appreciate the word 'value', one of the true heavy lifters in the world of words.