The principle of induction, if we what was it ever supposed to be? I'm not sure. The probability of seeing a hundred white swans in a row would be very high in one and very low in the other. So i'm going to increase my credence in the one that is more likely to be true,. But i admit that the next one i see might be black, right? Taroon: "I don't think s any principle of induction that is any hard and fast rule"
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