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Originally Posted by Platapus
Facts are often confused with opinions and inferences.
As a general rule, I am initially suspicious of "facts" that either agree with my opinion or support one of my inferences.
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You don't know anything. How do I know? Because I'm smarter than you.
And that's a fact!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
You're absolutely right, and we see it all the time. I think that's why he included the "sister", Emphatic Assertion, also often mistaken for Fact.