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Black Swan Open Thread [1]
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Date: 2025-04-07
In today's Open Thread all topics of conversation are welcome. What is for dinner? How are you doing? What is on your mind? If you are new to Street Prophets please join in the conversation in the comments below.
The term black swan was a Latin expression — its oldest reference is in the poet Juvenal’s expression that "a good person is as rare as a black swan". It was a common expression in 16th century London as a statement that describes impossibility, deriving from the old world presumption that 'all swans must be white', because all historical records of swans reported that they had white feathers. In that context, a black swan was something that was impossible, or near impossible and could not exist. From Wikipedia: Black Swan Theory
For today's suggested Coffee Hour / Open Thread topic lets talk about improbable events sometimes called black swan events.
What improbable events have you experienced?
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