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Factual Fact

An ism the most beautiful woman on the planet taught me.
Bethany 641 is the most beautiful girl on the planet. No contest, and that's a factual fact.
by Private015 August 11, 2022
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Mark Fact

100% True, don't even have to bother double checking.
"Shut up, Dan. If it is a Mark Fact, we do not need to fact check it.
by NotNotMark August 20, 2022
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Stacey fact

Stacey fact - a crow has an 8 inch ball sack
by Emilemineminem August 30, 2022
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Facting

To state a fact about a certain topic and educate them on the topic.
Your mom thinks I’m hot. She’s straight facting it up.
by Honora Eckles September 8, 2022
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Hard Problem of Fact

The dilemma that facts are not raw, uninterpreted bits of the world, but are always "theory-laden." What counts as a fact depends on the conceptual framework you're using. A fact is a statement about the world that we agree is incontrovertible within a given paradigm. The hard problem is that when paradigms shift (e.g., from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics), old facts can become false or meaningless. This means facts are not eternal building blocks of knowledge, but temporary settlements in an ongoing negotiation between observation and interpretation.
Example: For centuries, "The Sun revolves around the Earth" was a brute fact, confirmed by daily observation. The shift to heliocentrism didn't change the raw data (the sun's motion in the sky), it changed the interpretive framework. The "fact" became "The Earth rotates, creating the illusion of solar motion." The hard problem: There is no neutral observation language. What you call a fact reveals your theoretical commitments. A fact is like a piece in a puzzle—it only has a definite shape and place relative to the picture you're trying to build. Hard Problem of Fact.
by Enkigal January 24, 2026
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