From the student's chat log, he thinks that upon retraction, the supervisor would be so unhappy that
1. His future doctoral program would be hard.
2. It would be impossible to graduate.
3. He would be killed by the supervisor.
It's hard to say how much of these is warranted. He said 3 was concluded from a conversation with his supervisor. However, tragically he thought these are real enough for him that there was no other way than to suicide.
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From the student's chat log, he thinks that upon retraction, the supervisor would be so unhappy that
1. His future doctoral program would be hard.
2. It would be impossible to graduate.
3. He would be killed by the supervisor.
It's hard to say how much of these is warranted. He said 3 was concluded from a conversation with his supervisor. However, tragically he thought these are real enough for him that there was no other way than to suicide.