Yeah , Yeah...we have all heard of varying versions of that.It has been adopeted in managemnt teachings, in countless email forwards, funny presentations so what more could one expect from a two character anecdote?
My thoughts exactly till I read a post by Mukul Sharma on the same.Its pretty obscure, however thanks to my colleague Vasant it seems we could interpret the message.
After the race the the hare is disappointed, he delves into the realms of science to find out why he lost.After going through physics, mathematics and poring through endless graphs he seeks the tortoise again.He says "Hey, the race was rigged, I did not know about relaivitiy, dimension theory, or string theory too for that matter(neither do I , Just read along).Once you were ahead of me there was no way I could catch up with you , no matter how fast I ran.Also the fact that the finish line was arbitary, you won.So in a classical sense a fable was born, which is actually pure science on play"
The tortoise seems to be intrigued.After some thought he says , "Lets try a rematch in that case with exactly the same parameters as before."
The hare agress but triumphantly says"Sure, I will bet, but there is no way I can win".
Enter the jungle, D -day dawns, all the animals are around to see if history would be rewritten or if it repeats itself. Bets were placed,bokkies ran amok and so it went on .The race began and the hare ran ahead of the trortise,exactly at the same place he slept again for the same time.
He woke up and galloped again and presto,he won !! Sobbing inconsolably he saw the tortoise crawling to the finish line."I don't understand how is this possible ?? " The tortoise looks up smilingly ," Luck can make you win once but it takes smartness to win again " and with that he walks away with bumper bet money :)
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