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    I.26 — The Asymmetry of Truth: Why You Cannot Prove a Universal, Only Break It

    “No man ever steps in the same river twice.” — Heraclitus For most of European history, all swans are white was not a theory. It was a fact, confirmed by every swan anyone had ever seen, for centuries. Then, in 1697, a Dutch expedition reached the rivers of Western Australia and watched a black swan…