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Regarding facts, two definitions for the word “fact” exist. OK, more than these two exist, but we’ll focus on the two: fact and scientific fact. It would seem that a scientific fact would be even more of a fact than just a plain old fact, but the opposite is the case.
For the plain old fact definition, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “fact” this way:
1 : something that truly exists or happens : something with actual existence
2 : a true piece of information
A fact is true. But to know it’s true we must prove it. Proof is absolute, or it’s just a suggestion. However, if it’s possible that, sometime in the future, we could find out we were wrong, we don’t know that it’s true. While lies and misconceptions about reality change if they’re exposed, truth doesn’t change based on new information. Reality doesn’t change based on new information. In contrast, opinions about truth and reality do change based on new information. Facts are absolute, or they aren’t facts.
Contrast Webster’s definition of “fact with the National Center for Science and Education’s definition of “scientific fact”:
In science, an observation that has been repeatedly confirmed and for all practical purposes is accepted as “true.” Truth in science, however, is never final and what is accepted as a fact today may be modified or even discarded tomorrow.
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