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{{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 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 [[I am in a meeting, therefore you exist|I am in a meeting, therefore ''you'' exist]], 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>Modern translations of this work render “[[meeting|business meeting]]” as [[all-hands conference call]] | 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]]”) | ||
{{seealso}} | {{seealso}} | ||
*[[Otto Büchstein]] | *[[Otto Büchstein]] | ||
*[[René Descartes]] | *[[René Descartes]] | ||
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