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[[Rene Descartes]]’ famous proof of the existence of God, inferred from the necessary existence of the self. Roundly debunked by [[Otto Büchstein]]<ref>[[Discourse on the Intercourse]].</ref>, who proved that there must be at least three people in the universe, and since they were all engaged on a [[conference call]], God was almost certainly not one of them.
{{a|philosophy|}}[[Rene Descartes]]’ famous proof of the existence of God, inferred from the necessary existence of the self. Roundly debunked by {{buchstein}}<ref>[[Discourse on the Intercourse]].</ref>, who proved that there must be at least three people in the universe, and since they were all engaged on a [[conference call]], God was almost certainly not one of them.


“God is omniscient,” he said. “God doesn’t do [[conference call]]s.What would be the point?”  
“God is omniscient,” he said. “God doesn’t do [[conference call]]s.What would be the point?”  

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Rene Descartes’ famous proof of the existence of God, inferred from the necessary existence of the self. Roundly debunked by Büchstein[1], who proved that there must be at least three people in the universe, and since they were all engaged on a conference call, God was almost certainly not one of them.

“God is omniscient,” he said. “God doesn’t do conference calls.What would be the point?”

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Metaphysics