If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't see…

William James
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If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white. ✨ William James (1986). Essays in Psychical Research, p.131, Harvard University Press
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If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white. ✨ William James (1986). Essays in Psychical Research, p.131, Harvard University Press

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