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Humour

A Short History of Philosophers’ Haircuts

Sean Gittins informs us of the incontrovertible but hitherto unresearched link between philosophy and hair style.

I believe I have found incontrovertible links between a philosopher’s hairstyle and the philosophical theory they advocate. So, like a literary hen, it’s time to get off my recently laid research, and start showing off my devastating mind egg. Any flaws in my desultory and capricious research will hopefully only be highlighted after this controversial paper has gained me a lucrative publishing contract.

It is fair to say that never has so light and unworthy a topic received such in-depth and rigorous analysis from someone so unqualified to do so. Some may say I have wasted my time.

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