Indiana Jones and the Hazards of Publication (no spoilers)

[KD5MDK]

I know there's another thread that references the new Indiana Jones movie on the front page, but this one is entirely unrelated to that one, and is not even really connected to the new movie.

The topic came up on a friend's Livejournal, and is really worth thinking about:

What did Dr. Henry Jones Jr. write his dissertation about?

[leftyboy]

A History of the Whip and its Modern Practical Uses.

[LTranter]

The benefits of field study versus scouring the contents of the library

[Timo]

Indiana is too cool wasting his time doing "real" work like "writing" "papers"

[KD5MDK]

Tell that to the Doctoral Committee.