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All Swans are White - after Karl Popper
When Karl Popper talked about the statement "All swans are white," he was using it as a classic example to explain his philosophy of falsifiability—a key part of how he thought science should work.
The statement "All swans are white" is a universal claim.
You can see thousands of white swans, and that might seem to support the claim.
But no matter how many white swans you see, you can never be 100% sure that all swans are white.
However, if you see just one black swan, the statement "All swans are white" is immediately proven false.
The statement "All swans are white" is a universal claim.
You can see thousands of white swans, and that might seem to support the claim.
But no matter how many white swans you see, you can never be 100% sure that all swans are white.
However, if you see just one black swan, the statement "All swans are white" is immediately proven false.
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