tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841623687035547521.post66588458220000118..comments2023-12-12T12:54:32.121+00:00Comments on la vie boheme: Launching into PhilosophyAnnette Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11078075767352387819noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841623687035547521.post-52030832793529157032010-10-08T09:21:35.618+01:002010-10-08T09:21:35.618+01:00The mere existence - or possible existence - of bl...The mere existence - or possible existence - of black swans has ruined or inpsired many a good theory. The bird featured again only recently in Nassim Nicholas Talib's 'Black Swan Theory' which purports to examine the disproportionate role of hard-to-predict, rare, high-impact events. I always called my shelf full of unread books my 'Black Swan' shelf: it's the ones you haven't yet read that could have the most impact. Potential.Annette Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078075767352387819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3841623687035547521.post-4572910476689878692010-10-07T03:59:41.356+01:002010-10-07T03:59:41.356+01:00Way back in prehistory when I did Philosophy 1 at ...Way back in prehistory when I did Philosophy 1 at Adelaide Uni we were told that prior to the discovery of Australia the syllogism (it is a syllogism, isn't it?) was : All swans are white. All sheep are white. Therefore, all sheep are swans. The example had to change when they found black swans in W.A. True or not, I really can't say, but that is what I was told. JocelynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com