What arguments about humans and their behaviors and motives did I even make here?
Specific humans, their behaviors and motives. For example accusing someone of being disingenuous hits all three checkboxes.
I don't think I made any. I think you just wanted to make a list so that you could act as though that summarized everything I've said so that you could conclude I was wrong without actually discussing specific things that I wrote.
I think you are saying more false things about a human, his behavior and his motives.
I'm pretty sure that Nietzsche was legit, and that you shouldn't just willy nilly call his arguments silly. He's universally recognized as a Pretty Smart Guy. I'd be willing to have a discussion about either Nietzsche or Hume with anyone
I know a little about Nietzsche and next to nothing about Hume. Philosopher talk bores me. That is, all that 'philosophy' that consists of quoting historical Philosophical figures. Actual ideas are somewhat more interesting. If the big names happened to express a particular idea better than other available sources then they may be worth quoting.
, on the condition that I don't get bad karma'd into oblivion for disagreeing with a societal convention (ironically that this happens when I disagree with manners bolsters the strength of the argument that manners are stupid).
I don't think that necessarily follows, from the perspective of identifying potentially desirable game theoretic equilibria.
Hume's problem of induction is pretty awesome, if you're looking for specific arguments. Nietzsche is often misinterpreted, if you want to understand his ideas you should read any summaries which were written by Giles Deleuze who is another smart person.
Hume was one of the first and best naturalists and his stuff is very easy to read (unlike Kant's stuff which is all either entirely wrong or a more confusing way of phrasing the arguments that Hume had already made). Wikipedia's list of entries is fairly informative, many philosophers who are awesome think ...
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