One of the core tenets of David Hume’s philosophy is the idea that causation does not exist. What we call ‘causation’ is, in fact, the result of an empirical correlation to which we ascribe ‘deterministic’ significance. This Hume’s stance has had a huge impact on philosophy, and this photo of the statue portraying him as a Greek philosoper and placed in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile proves him right beyond any reasonable doubt as demonstrated by the widely practiced prank of placing a traffic cone on the statue’s head. The way to look at it, I was told, is as an innocent, irreverent joke — a display of Scottish humour and defiance…