Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!sde@Mitre-Bedford From: sde%Mitre-Bedford@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Swans: Message-ID: <12176@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Sep-84 08:47:02 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12176 Posted: Mon Sep 17 08:47:02 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 26-Sep-84 00:57:31 EDT Lines: 8 At least during the latter part of March, 1980, the statement, "all swans are white," was false; those familiar with Heinlein's "fair witness" concept will recognize the phrasing; I say it having witnessed black or near-black swans in Perth during the aforementioned time. Granting that the facts have little to do with the principle of the argument, I thought folks might nonetheless be amused. David sde@mitre-bedford