Dec 1– From "Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous" by David Hume (1734)
Summary: OH MY GOD HUME YOU'RE SO SMART! *INAPPROPRAITELY SEXUAL NOISES*
Commentary: I NEVER HAVE TO READ ONE OF THESE EVER AGAIN!
Hylas and Philonous engage in the classical philosophical dialogue routine of one guy mindlessly agreeing with the other part of the time and being an idiot the rest of the time in order to make whatever point the author wants to without using any actual logic. Here, Hume "seems" (his favorite weasel word, since apparently even he knows this is bullshit) that heat isn't real and that skepticism is bullshit by repeating things that don't actually prove this.
Thanks, Elliot. I sure loved reading this 1700s version of Ben Shapiro. I'm sure he spent a lot of time on college campuses going, "heat isn't real; change my mind."
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