Okay we all know that plagiarism, the utterly reprehensible act of using the thoughts of another, reaping the rewards of that use, and then, not even providing the source of the info, is an official bad thing. But, let us look at it from the point of view of the plagiarist. Here are some of the advantages of a career as a plagiarist: Energy savings - 'copy and paste' uses far fewer resources than does thinking your own way around any subject. Any fool can see that.