# What Do PHILOSOPHERS DO?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 12, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-philosophers-do/57641 "2001-03-12T12:42:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![dal\_timgar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@dal\_timgar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dal_timgar)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-philosophers-do/57641/30 "2001-03-13T20:44:18Z")

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pretend to be intelligent and waste other people time and collect a pay check. it’s worse than welfare. at least they don’t waste other peoples time.

took some course in engineering school b4 i dropped out.

the man was talking about the ancient geeks and whether time was linear or circular. and i’m thinking it’s 65 years after special relativity. so i volunteer that time is like a helix, a slinky. linear and circular characteristics in a single object, you just have to go to 3 dimensions.

he stands there staring at me with a blank expression.

Dal Timgar

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