When Putnam heard the great atheist
orator Robert Ingersoll, he heard «the interpretation of myself, like the glory of a summer day,» that announced, «The confusion of thought and feeling [is] at an
end.»
The timer ensures that there is a merciful
end to long - winded
orators, and the «ah» counter tracks those awkward speech - stallers we unconsciously utilize, such as «um».