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To: OwenKellogg
...Firstly black swans are not that rare....and is the state bird of Western Australia.

Second...this has been previously published as The Structure of Scientific Revolutions -

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962; second edition 1970) is a book about the history of science by philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn. Its publication was a ... ‎History - ‎Synopsis - ‎Kuhn's opinion on scientific ... - ‎Influence

What we have here is a Paradigm Shift.

20 posted on 03/22/2016 2:55:48 PM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: spokeshave

Before the discovery of black swans in Australia, it was known that swans were always, absolutely, in every occurrence, white.

The phrase “black swan” refers to something which was thought not to be possible, yet, one day, shows up staring you in the face.


23 posted on 03/22/2016 3:00:34 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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