[planet-and-halo]

Happily, Hume himself would probably agree with you! The guy was even skeptical of his own skepticism.

[sitkack]

Isn't that a lousy move? Doesn't it make the entire theory a tautology that cannot be attacked?

[MispelledToyota]

if it's tautological then there's no reason to attack it. It's merely uninteresting. If people still think they don't like it than the critique would have to something else.

[sitkack]

Gödel showed that everything is tautological if you go low enough, but invoking it against yourself feels like an automatic point for the other side.

I am not invoking it, of course it is uninteresting. In a sport amongst friends with good intent it should be a suggestion to stay within bounds and satisfy the spirit of the game.

[planet-and-halo]

Epoché