Re:Math Overflow users resolve PhD thesis crisis
by philsnow on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @04:18AM
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Luke 16:10-11
> 10 “He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much; and he who is dishonest in a very little is dishonest also in much.
> 11 If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?
It's right there in the gospels, plain as day, and yet I agree with you that there's far too little thinking like this in the world, even among people who claim to be "Christians".
It reminds me of a story I heard from a businessman that was walking with an associate down the street. He stopped at one of those old metal newspaper dispenser machines to buy a paper. For those that don't know, the way they work is once you have put in your quarter the machine opens up and all the papers are just stacked in there.
His associate asked him to grab a newspaper for him. So he pulled out one paper, closed the machine and put in another quarter and then pulled out another. The associate asked, "Why didn't you just grab a second paper for free? It's just a quarter." The businessman's response was, "If I'm willing to sacrifice my integrity for a quarter, how much easier will it be to sacrifice it when something serious is on the line?"