Rabbit’s Ph. D. Thesis:
A Parable for Graduate Students
Scene: It’s a fine sunny day in the forest, and a rabbit is sitting outside his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter.
Along comes a fox, out for a walk.
Fox: «What are you working on?»
Rabbit: «My thesis.»
Fox: «Hmmm. What’s it about?»
Rabbit: «Oh, I’m writing about how rabbits eat foxes.» (incredulous pause)
Fox: «That’s ridiculous! Any fool knows that rabbits don’t eat foxes.»
Rabbit: «Sure they do, and I can prove it. Come with me.»
They both disappear into the rabbit’s burrow. After a few minutes, the rabbit returns, alone, to his typewriter and resumes typing.
Soon, a wolf comes along and stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.
Wolf: «What’s that you’re writing?»
Rabbit: «I’m doing a thesis on how rabbits eat wolves.» (loud guffaws)
Wolf: «You don’t expect to get such rubbish published, do you?»
Rabbit: «No problem. Do you want to see why?»
The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow, and again the rabbit returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing.
Scene: Inside the rabbit’s burrow. In one corner, there is a pile of fox bones. In another corner, a pile of wolf bones. On the other side of the room, a huge lion is belching and picking his teeth.
(The End)
Moral: It doesn’t matter what you choose for a thesis subject. It doesn’t matter what you use for data. What does matter is who you have for a thesis advisor.
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