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An amusing, but fundamentally preposterous ''[[a priori]]'' argument which purports to prove by deduction, in the same way that [[Rene Descartes]] deduced the existence of [[ | An amusing, but fundamentally preposterous ''[[a priori]]'' argument which purports to prove by deduction, in the same way that [[Rene Descartes]] deduced the existence of [[rice pudding and income tax]], that either we are as good as dead, or we live in a Matrix. | ||
Spoiler: ''[[a priori]]'' arguments are conjuring tricks. They are fun and entertaining. but don’t try them at home. This one is practically impossible to try at home, of course, which is, perhaps, why apparently intelligent people who ought to know better, like [[Neil deGrasse-Tyson]], are sucked in by it. | Spoiler: ''[[a priori]]'' arguments are conjuring tricks. They are fun and entertaining. but don’t try them at home. This one is practically impossible to try at home, of course, which is, perhaps, why apparently intelligent people who ought to know better, like [[Neil deGrasse-Tyson]], are sucked in by it. | ||