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	{{~~def~~\|A priori\|/ɑː prɪˈɔːri/\|adj\|[[File:Rene Descartes.jpg\|thumb\|450px\|center\|[[Je pense, donc je suis]] amirite peeps?]]}}Necessarily true. Not requiring evidence. True by definition. Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge which proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience. In the olden days this was limited to a small number of rather useless circularities — mathematics, for example — don’t @ me folks. Oh, and [[Cartesian]] philosophy: I am wondering whether I exist, so it follows, to even be wondering that, I must do. I mean, well, that’s profound, and thanks for writing in but it is still a bit of a reach to get to [[rice pudding and income tax]] isn’t it?		{{a\|devil\|}}{{d\|A priori\|/ɑː prɪˈɔːri/\|adj\|[[File:Rene Descartes.jpg\|thumb\|450px\|center\|[[Je pense, donc je suis]] amirite peeps?]]}}Necessarily true. Not requiring evidence. True by definition. Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge which proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience. In the olden days this was limited to a small number of rather useless circularities — mathematics, for example — don’t @ me folks. Oh, and [[Cartesian]] philosophy: I am wondering whether I exist, so it follows, to even be wondering that, I must do. I mean, well, that’s profound, and thanks for writing in but it is still a bit of a reach to get to [[rice pudding and income tax]] isn’t it?

	But the modern fad for [[reductionism]] the world — universe — ''multiverse'' even — opens up for us. We have solved it. Thus, the forthcoming [[singularity]].		But the modern fad for [[reductionism]] the world — universe — ''multiverse'' even — opens up for us. We have solved it. Thus, the forthcoming [[singularity]].