The Irresistible Charm of a Black Swan
4 min readSep 27, 2021
Even non-philosophers like us cannot resist the story of the Black Swan. A story that has been told in thousands of first year philosophy classes, as its philosophical substance is quite profound.
Until 1697 people had seen many white swans and no swans of any other color, and naturally they came to believe that all swans are white. Empirical observations are the beginning of all knowledge…