• Pfhorrest
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    Do Australian philosophers of science discuss how the discovery of a single white swan could disprove the hypothesis that all swans are black?

    (Fun story: an Australian friend in a chat once said something about a black crow, and I feigned surprise about that, and then pretended to remember "oh right your crows are black down there, like the swans", and for a moment had him freaking out that he had just assumed crows everywhere were black but American crows might actually be white and he never realized it).
  • Jamal
    9.2k
    That reminds me of what a wizened Tasmanian told my father, years ago ...csalisbury

    Love it.

    I have a theory on thiscsalisbury

    Nice analysis.



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  • BC
    13.2k
    Its all a crocodillia of shit.
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