Okay Family ... since posting this thread last year, and thinking on this more, i'm convinced ... there is no such thing as a fact.
I'm not sure why that word was even created, except to more easily convince us that what is being presented is truth.
So a person prefaces their comment with ... this is a fact ... as if that alone adds validity to what they are saying.
It's been proven time and time again, that what was presented as fact ... turned out to be not true.
For example ... it was fact for a very long time ... to some ... that the earth was flat.
That stopped being a fact, when newer opinion / evidence was presented that convinced folk otherwise.
Even in a court of law ... the so called facts are that ... because someone believes the opinion being presented.
Usually ... in the case of a jury ... if 12 people believe the evidence ... then the evidence becomes fact.
But ultimately it's still only the opinion of the 12 jurors ... not fact at all ... just opinion.
Even so called expert opinion ... often taken as fact ... is presented as opinion.
I've come to the conclusion that a person can claim anything to be a fact ... if they believe that's what it is.
Making facts no more than glorified opinions.
Destee