> We can try to prevent plagiarism and improve our detection of it, but there's nothing wrong or disappointing with the fact that people prefer to listen to Bill Gates than a random blogger.
Except when Mr. Gates and the random blogger are both out of their areas of expertise, people still believe Mr. Gates because he was successful elsewhere instead of applying proper skepticism.
Except they have good reason to apply less skepticism because they know Mr. Gates has a lot more to lose if he's caught making things up or lying or messing with folks on the record.
Whereas random bloggers are fly-by-night operations in comparison.
Except when Mr. Gates and the random blogger are both out of their areas of expertise, people still believe Mr. Gates because he was successful elsewhere instead of applying proper skepticism.