"A beard does not constitute a philosopher."
Don't judge a book by its cover, in other words.
How do you find out about people then? Ask. If you can't ask directly, listen to them.
The people above, left to right:
Friedrich Nietzsche - philosopher, mustache, no beard
Grigori Rasputin - non-philosopher (mystic), full-beard
I have an app in the Apple App Store called Fly Or Delay. It shows airport delays based on the FAA's data. It doesn't show individual flight delays, but you can generally get a sense of what is going to happen to your flight if you see there is a ground stop at your departing airport, for example. I admit that I spend a fair amount of time looking at the app, not just because I wrote it, but because it is interesting.
Look at the three screen shots above. I'll wait...
The right-hand one is the typical one I have seen in the last month: There are no delays. Period.
