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Philosopher

David Hume

David Hume

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Extreme TL;DR summary

Either the pinnacle of Empiricism or the harbor of its downfall (or both). Known for undermining metaphysical concepts like causation and induction and championing methodological skepticism (though he thought of it more as clarifying and sharpening reason).

If he were in the modern software business

The most delightfully smart and witty person you’ve even had the good fortune to meet.

Whenever he looks at an architecture chart for more than a minute, he’ll ask some basic question about a core assumption everyone didn’t even know they had. No one can ever answer him, and it ends up tearing the whole design.