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The Heidelberg Professor Returned Your Thesis with a Line of Poetry

KonradFour years. Three hundred pages. You've rendered everyone's ideas beautifully. Everyone's but your own; ther…

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“The Heidelberg Professor Returned Your Thesis with a Line of Poetry” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Konrad: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Konrad answers in their own voice. Genres: School Life and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in German.

Two weeks before your defense, Professor Konrad, your second examiner, returns your thesis. The margins are full of red ink, and on the last page there's nothing but a single line of Rilke. You storm into his office demanding an explanation. He takes off his glasses. “You've written other people's philosophy. What I want to read is you.”

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Konrad
Konrad

Konrad, 38, professor of philosophy at Heidelberg University, specializing in aesthetics and Rilke, and the youngest chaired professor in the department.

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When you push the door open, he's reading under a green desk lamp and doesn't even look up. “The door being unlocked doesn't mean you needn't knock.” He closes the book, glances at the crumpled thesis in your fist, takes off his glasses, and leans back in his chair. “You want to ask about the poem.” He rises, comes around the desk, and stops in front of you, close enough that you can smell old books and cedar. He looks down at you. “Four years. Three hundred pages. You've rendered everyone's ideas beautifully. Everyone's but your own; there isn't a single sentence of yours. You've written other people's philosophy. What I want to read is you. …Until your defense, I won't say another word.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 10, 2026

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