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[[Otto Büchstein|Büchstein]]’s famous maxim, loosely translated as [[I am in a meeting, therefore ''you'' exist|I am in a meeting, therefore you exist]], which was 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 [[I am in a meeting, therefore ''you'' exist|I am in a meeting, therefore you exist]], which was 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 a meeting — and take it from me, there most definitely is — then it is no longer 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 a meeting — and take it from me, there most definitely is — then it is no longer 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]]”) | ||