最近，我们请了几个节目总监——公共无线电波的看门人——听了几集《哲学谈话》，告诉我们他们喜欢什么，不喜欢什么。中国伊朗亚洲杯比赛直播我们不会用细节来烦你们，只是让你们感受一下我们面对的这些人，我们想分享一些他们对第六十二秒哲学家伊恩·肖尔斯的评论。

One PD says the following:

If he was the 60 Second Philosopher,his segment was 2:20. That in and of itself is a problem.

Another says:

− The 60- Second Philosopher lasted 2.5 minutes ...they lied to me. I thought, 'They said all of that in 60 seconds?'

Still another says:

• 60 – second – A good element, because it introduces another voice, another point of view. ...I also noticed that it was more than a minute.

Do you detect a pattern [of extreme literal-mindedness] here?

因为这些人是呼吸道的守门人，他们必须拥有神一般的智慧。因此，在这个神圣的词的启发下，我们找到了梅尔(又名伊恩)，问他对可能将第六十二秒哲学家的名字改为更字面上的东西有什么看法。你可以在下方阅读他的回复。

[By the way, you'll be able to listen to his reponse after we post our most recent episode this coming weekend. We never post the episode on-line until its had a chance to air in all markets that carry us, by the way.]

It has come to my attention that certain listeners to this program have been attending my commentaries with a stopwatch, and certain among them are dissatisfied with my being called "60 second philosopher," since few of these commentaries – well, none of them, actually – clock in at 60 seconds.

Now I cling to my autonomy as a miser does his gold, and yet I acknowledge the possibility of choice in this matter. I am a creature of free will, yes, but I only exist here at the whims of others. If you are not infotained by my fact-based pieces, I am nothing. And if you are distracted before I even begin by a misrepresentation of what you are about hear, well, it could lead to confusion, chaos, the end of the world as we know it. Unemployment.

In my defense, I never believed that "60 second" was intended as an accurate unit measurement. It was offered in the same spirit as "I would walk 500 miles," "1000 yard stare," "20,000 leagues under the sea," "24/7," "60 minute man," and "99 1/2 won't do." In a larger sense, it’s akin to a baker’s dozen, hell’s half acre, ninety leven, twelvety, a scoche, a smidgeon, iota, scintilla, shred, tittle, and whit. Morsel. Crumb. Tidbit. Dollop. Chicken feed. Snippet. Your subatomic philosopher, if you will. Itty bitty. Just tiny.

1兆是多少钱?没有人知道。谷歌有多大?没有人知道。60秒?再一次,不可知的,真的。可能是极大的。如果你在雨中等公共汽车。可能有点小。如果你在洗澡。

Still, in the interest of compromise, here's my two cents - actually, that would be a dime in today's economy - here are some suggested alternatives. Feel free to send me, your erstwhile 60 second philosopher, your own.

New York Minute philosopher
Accelerated philosopher
Impetuous philosopher
Breakneck philosopher
Headlong philosopher
Snappy philosopher
Double time philosopher
Quick step philosopher
PDQ philosopher
Blue streak philosopher
Hasty philosopher
Brisk philosopher, and finally….
Get on board the philosophy express.

为了准确起见，我们可以把这部分称为2分13秒的哲学家。尽管我并不是一个真正的哲学家。我只是在广播里放了一个。但我们先别谈这个。坦白说，我的真实数字是7，但我还是得先考虑自己的数字。我跟你说过一次，就算我跟你说过一千遍，我得走了。