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<p>Jbear: </p> <hr /> <div>A ''fact'' is a statistic, datum, or event that is objective, observable, and recordable. <br /> <br /> Facts are used as evidence to make claims. Facts are generally held to be [[mind-independent]], i.e. they would continue to be the case whether or not anyone believed them, or indeed whether or not there were any minds to believe them in the first place.<br /> [[category:philosophy]]<br /> <br /> Facts are different from theories, which attempt to explain trends in facts. Facts are also different from opinions, which are subjective interpretations of facts.<br /> <br /> In history and journalism, &quot;facts&quot; refer to recorded, independently-verifiable events or statistics. In science, &quot;facts&quot; are observations or data, (fact: at sea-level, water boils at 100 degrees [[Celsius]], while other liquids boil at different temperatures) and theories are built to explain facts (theory: why water boils at 100 C, why different liquids have different boiling points).<br /> <br /> ==Quotes About Facts==<br /> <br /> John Adams wrote: &quot;Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770 The Quotations Page &lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> &quot;The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.&quot; -- Oscar Wilde <br /> <br /> &quot;First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure.&quot; -- Mark Twain <br /> <br /> &quot;We all know that facts have a liberal bias.&quot; -- Stephen Colbert <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;</div>

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