Ayer was dimly known to me, England being one of those rare countries in which each era has a few public philosophers — respected thinkers who are called upon to comment on the issues of the day.

我对艾耶尔有些朦胧的认识，很少有国家在每个时代都有几个公众哲学家——曾受邀就当时问题发表看法的受人尊重的思想者，英国正是其中之一。

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"I don't believe in the chupacabra, " Ayer said, adding that he's been in the midst of a "media blitz" -- receiving 50 phone calls from media outlets and citizens, as well as death threats late at night -- since word got out about the strange beast.

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Others capture a sense of the sacred in the middle of Australia's Outback, where Ayer's Rock -- or Uluru, as it's known to the Aborigines -- stands.

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"We say we want to share generously during really good times, rather than lock in really high wages all the time, " says Mr. Ayer.

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