black swan fallacy
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
35
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The logical error of discounting the possibility of something because no evidence has yet been observed for it.
Example Sentences
- "The black swan fallacy holds that if all you have ever observed in your field research are white swans, you might be tempted to conclude 'All swans are white'. However, a black swan was discovered in Australia. Therefore, all it takes is one black swan to falsify the general statement about the universality of white swans."