1. of perfect knowledge. 1. and Rationale. 1. Approach. 1. Ideas. 2. Methods: foundationalism and doubt. 2.1, The Evil Genius is a shorthand way for Descartes to maintain his indifference, without needing to constantly revisit the extremely skeptical arguments presented in Descartes' Evil Genius hypothesis is perhaps the best known hypothesis of its type . Another is the brain-in-a-vat hypothesis, according to which the human being, Descartes then considers the most extreme reason for doubt: there may exist an evil demon sometimes translated as "genius", "genius" or "spirit" who has the power to control all his thoughts. For Descartes, the Evil Genius is therefore the personification of his hyperbolic doubt. We can now establish in the Meditations the point where Descartes can escape from hyperbolic doubt and the hypothesis of the Evil Genius. This can only happen if he has the required knowledge that a truthful God is the cause. A great example of Descartes' evil genius theory is featured on the hit NBC show, The Good Place. Michael, our evil genius, is a demon in the guise of a human. He was asked to design a new sector of the Bad Place with four human subjects: Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani and Jason. They were assumed to believe that “all is well.” As part of his method of radical doubt, Descartes speculates that there may be an “evil genius,” an all-powerful being, determined to deceive us at every moment without us being aware of it. Although this may seem fantastical, some philosophers consider this a compelling argument against the possibility of achieving absolute certainty regarding everything,