So I'm reading an interview with Daniel Dennett in Salon, concerning belief in God. Dennett is an important figure in the philosophy of mind, and he's a great speaker and writer to boot. (I had dinner with Dennett once, and in the space of a five minute conversation he was able to provide significant guidance to my research.) I decide to read the letters to the editor, to see how his comments are taken, and the first letter includes this, from a disgruntled reader:

So, how does he come off not referring to my writings on this subject in his book? This is my original idea while he pretends it is his. This doesn't sound too kosher to me for an academic. Moreover, because it wasn't his idea he also doesn't understand the full implications of it and his book falls far short of what it should be. That you should be interviewing him instead of me is a disappointment because your readers aren't getting all they need to from this concept.

I love the complaint: Why is he famous instead of me?