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Aeons ago, the king of the jungle, the lion, organised a research competition for all the animals in the jungle. The rules were simple: all animals had to write a thesis about their own species. The animal that writes the best thesis gets to become the king’s right-hand man. Every animal had to work: the rhinos were busy trying to understand the fundamentals of their thick skin and majestic horns. The elephants were focused on the glory of their hulking frames and the shine of their brilliant tusks. The crocodiles were busy explaining their shrewd hunting strategies, coupled with the immense physical abilities that enable them to take down any prey.
At this point, the monkeys weren’t sure what to write about. They don’t have giant horns, thick skin, and poor eyesight like the rhinos. They didn’t have majestic tusks, bulky statures, and monstrous strengths like the elephants. They didn’t have a nearly impenetrable hide, sheer adaptability to water, and terrific strength like the crocodiles. It was difficult for them to find something about themselves that made them stand out from the rest.
However, one wise monkey suggested that they had one ability that the other animals didn’t have. He stated that the apes possessed a rare kind of intelligence that the other animals did not have. He suggested that the monkeys collect data from the research of every other animal and condense that information into characteristics that only monkeys are likely to possess.
They condensed the following information into their own paper: Monkeys have the hunting ability of the crocodile, they have the poor eyesight of the rhino, they have the majestic teeth of the elephant, they have the ability to glide across the air like birds, and they are also able to consume anything like the bear.
When the time came for the lion king to review their papers, he examined each and every animal’s thesis carefully. In the end, he chanced upon the paper of the monkeys, and what he found shocked him. The monkey’s paper had stolen attributes from the papers of every other animal in the forest. Not only that, they didn’t give credit to the creatures from whom they had borrowed the data.
The lion was enraged, and he was also disappointed that the monkeys would resort to such dishonest tactics despite being blessed with great intelligence. It was at this point that he realised that when a mob of monkeys is convinced by a smarter monkey to copy others, they would continue to copy others to no end. As time passed, that characteristic became imbued in the very essence of monkeys, as they don’t need to be prompted by a smarter monkey any longer, and they copy others instinctively.
Don’t become a monkey; work on your original research by yourself, or it will become a part of your nature that you wouldn’t be able to get rid of. Think about the consequences that will have on your academic career and make the decision wisely.
