Jonah Lehrer Bestseller ‘Imagine’ Called Rife With Errors

The former New Yorker writer may have also plagiarized and fudged other information in the book, says reporter who uncovered discrepencies

 

Jonah Lehrer's bestseller "Imagine: How Creativity Works" is rife with more misinformation than the cobbled Bob Dylan quotes exposed by Tablet magazine, the reporter who exposed the former New Yorker writer said Friday.

Michael C. Moynihan, the Tablet contributor who revealed Monday that Lehrer had fabricated quotes from the folk singer for his book then lied when questioned about it, said he discovered "fake interviews, quotes that can't be located, and plagiarism" throughout other chapters of "Imagine."

"So while one can reasonably debate how serious a crime it is to fudge a handful of Dylan quotes (pretty serious, if you ask me), always remember: no one ever does this kind of thing once, or just in one chapter," Moynihan tweeted, responding to what he said were emails and blog posts questioning the seriousness of Lehrer's misdeeds.

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