Prove Your Intellectual Independence
An advisor tells a student it's time to prove their intellectual independence by doing whatever the advisor says.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-08-24-prove-your-intellectual-independence/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Advisor: "It's time to prove your initiative and intellectual independence." Student: "Great! By doing what?" Advisor: "Whatever I tell you, of course."