“Two years before his (A J Ayer) death1…he managed…. To rescue the supermodel Naomi Campbell from the unwanted attentions of Mike Tyson. Tyson informed Ayer, in rather strong words, he was the world heavyweight champion. Ayer replied, and I am the former Wykeham Professor of Logic. We are both pre-eminent in our field: I suggest that we talk about this like rational men.”
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1 He was 75 years old at the time
Source Nikhil Krishnan A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60 pp307-8
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