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Red Pen Evidence
- Finding a red pen is evidence for "all swans are white" if evidence can support theories.
- This demonstrates the absurdity of positive evidence because everything becomes evidence.
Absurdity of Induction
- The inductivist view suggests observing non-white non-swans supports "all swans are white."
- This highlights the absurdity of induction and Bayesianism in science.
Red Marker Logic Puzzle
- Brett Hall recounts a logic class where the professor asked how a red marker is evidence for "all swans are white."
- He solved it on the bus ride home, excited to share, but others in the logic class also figured it out.