Yesterday I submitted an honours thesis entitled: " Discerning Knowers: An Exploratory Study of University Students’ Perceptions of Knowledge Claims ”. On the final count it was 110 pages long, with twenty two thousand words in total. It changed several times from the initial conception to the final product. I have a lot more respect for people who conduct research, it is very hard to get at what is happening in the world. Also, now I know the process isn't impossible. Even when I started the thesis there was a large part of me that thought that I couldn't write twenty thousand words; but as it turns out I wrote a lot more that didn't end up in the finished thesis. Perhaps one day, after the comments from the markers and final revisions, I might put it online or let people read it. For now I'd like to thank my supervisor Dr Karl Maton and present the thesis abstract bellow for anyone who might be interested. Abstract The main problem thi...