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{{a|confcall|}}[[Otto Büchstein|Büchstein]]’s famous maxim, loosely translated as [[We are meeting, therefore you exist|we are in a meeting, therefore ''you'' exist]]<ref>The [[JC]] is, as ever, grateful for the intervention of his [[secret Latin advisor]] in formulating this {{T|maxim}}.</ref>, which he formulated to disprove central thesis from [[Descartes]]’  ''[[Discourse on the Method]]'' and thus establish the ''non''-existence of an omnipotent benevolent god, for no such deity could exist in a universe where [[all-hands conference call]]s are an inevitability.
{{a|confcall|}}[[Otto Büchstein|Büchstein]]’s famous maxim, loosely translated as [[We are meeting, therefore you exist|we are in a meeting, therefore ''you'' exist]]<ref>The [[JC]] is, as ever, grateful for the intervention of his [[secret Latin advisor]] in formulating this {{T|maxim}}.</ref>, which he formulated to disprove central thesis from [[Descartes]]’  ''[[Discourse on the Method]]'' and thus establish the ''non''-existence of an omnipotent benevolent god, for no such deity could exist in a universe where [[all-hands conference call]]s are an inevitability.


If there is such a thing in our world as a business meeting<ref>Translators note: Modern translations of this work render “[[meeting|business meeting]]” as [[all-hands conference call]]</ref> and take it from me, there most definitely is — then it is not, as [[Descartes]] contended, self-evidently true that the only certain thing in the universe is the incorporeal “I” as a ''thinking thing'' (“[[res cogitans]]”). “''You''” must also exist, as a ''talking thing'' (“[[res verbositans]]”), and so must the [[project manager]] as an ''action-assigning thing'' (“[[res bossitans]]”)
If there is such a thing in our world as a business meeting<ref>Translators note: Modern translations of this work render “[[meeting|business meeting]]” as [[all-hands conference call]]</ref> and take it from me, there most definitely is — then it is not, as [[Descartes]] contended, self-evidently true that the only certain thing in the universe is the incorporeal “I” as a ''thinking thing'' (“[[res cogitans]]”). “''You''” must also exist, as a ''talking thing'' (“[[res verbositans]]”), and so must the [[project manager]] as an ''action-assigning thing'' (“[[res bossitans]]”)

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Büchstein’s famous maxim, loosely translated as “we are in a meeting, therefore you exist[1], which he formulated to disprove central thesis from DescartesDiscourse on the Method and thus establish the non-existence of an omnipotent benevolent god, for no such deity could exist in a universe where all-hands conference calls are an inevitability.

If there is such a thing in our world as a business meeting[2] and take it from me, there most definitely is — then it is not, as Descartes contended, self-evidently true that the only certain thing in the universe is the incorporeal “I” as a thinking thing (“res cogitans”). “You” must also exist, as a talking thing (“res verbositans”), and so must the project manager as an action-assigning thing (“res bossitans”)

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  1. The JC is, as ever, grateful for the intervention of his secret Latin advisor in formulating this maxim.
  2. Translators note: Modern translations of this work render “business meeting” as all-hands conference call