Why God never received his Ph.D.

1. He had only one major publication; (adeus subsídios da Ministra da Ciência!!!)

2. It was in Hebrew;

3. It had no references; (mais uma razão!!!)

4. It was not published in a refereed journal; (cada vez pior!!!)

5. Some even doubt he wrote it himself;

6. It may be true he created the world, but what has he done since then?

7. His co-operative efforts have been quite limited;

8. The scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results;

9. He never applied to the Ethics Board for permision to use human subjects;

10. When one experiment went away, he tried to cover it up by drowning the subjects;

11. When subjects did not behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample;

12. He rarely came to class, just told students to read the Book;

13. Some say he had his son teach the class;

14. He expelled his first two students for learning;

15. Althought there were only ten requirements, most students failed his tests;

16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain





Las Grandes Constructions, Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, 1956




LIBERDADE, de Fernando Pessoa

Ai que prazer
não cumprir um dever.
Ter um livro para ler
e não o fazer!
Ler é maçada,
estudar é nada.
O sol doira sem literatura.
O rio corre bem ou mal,
sem edição original.
E a brisa, essa, de tão naturalmente matinal
como tem tempo, não tem pressa...

Livros são papéis pintados com tinta.
Estudar é uma coisa em que está indistinta
A distinção entre nada e coisa nenhuma.

Quanto melhor é quando há bruma.
Esperar por D. Sebastião,
Quer venha ou não!

Grande é a poesia, a bondade e as danças...
Mas o melhor do mundo são as crianças,
Flores, música, o luar, e o sol que peca
Só quando, em vez de criar, seca.

E mais do que isto
É Jesus Cristo,
Que não sabia nada de finanças,
Nem consta que tivesse biblioteca...



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Ph.D. Blues (Prins/Wilhelm)


I'm a Ph.D. student,
I'm working night and day.
I'm writing a dissertation,
and get a lousy pay.
I thought I'd be in business,
but I could not decide.
I waited and I waited,
and ended up in science.

Getting a degree. If you don't know what to do.
I was looking for adventure
I was looking for the truth.

I started out with reading,
all pieces I could find.
Spent two months at the xerox,
till I was half blind.

Then I needed some data,
and much to my surprise.
I found low correlations,
Is this paradise?

Getting a degree. If you don't know what to do.
I was looking for adventure
I was looking for the truth.

Having a discussion,
with a senior or two.
Giving all these compliments,
'cause their egos need a boost.

Then I sent my work to a journal,
it was in the fall.
In springtime it got rejected,
'cause my sample was too small.

Getting a degree. If you don't know what to do.
You know how I feel?
Feel like a tiger in the zoo.

Had to do a presenation,
at a big big big conference.
I was in this great symposium,
which no one would attend.

When I got home my love had left me,
'cause she could not understand.
Leading your life in science,
makes you lonely in the end.

Getting a degree. If you don't know what to do.
Leading a life in science,
Makes you lonely in the end.

Leading a life in science,
Makes you lonely in the end.

Leading a life in science,
Makes you lonely in the end.