What are the differences between fact and opinion?

A fact is a statement that can be proven true or false. An opinion is an expression of a person’s feelings that cannot be proven. Opinions can be based on facts or emotions and sometimes they are meant to deliberately mislead others.

What are some examples of facts?

Examples of fact statements

• Your heart pumps blood through your body.
• The leaves of growing plants are usually green.
• Some people keep dogs as pets.
• 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram.
• There are 50 states in the United States.

What makes a fact misleading?

Facts are only misleading if there is no correspondence with the fact and the topic that you are considering or discussing. It often occurs when you use an analogy from another topic to try and prove the validity of factual consequences in a topic being discussed or argued. Sometimes humans mislead by stating…

Can statistics be misleading?

It is a well known fact that statistics can be misleading. They are often usedto prove a point, and can easily be twisted in favour of that point! The pur-pose of this section is to learn how to recognize common statisitcal deceptionso that to avoid being mislead.

How do people mislead you?

People will mislead you if they know that you don’t know the facts, or that you won’t examine the evidence, or even make a determination whether a fact is material and relevant or not. Facts serve you best when viewed together with their supporting evidence as true representations of a material and relevant state of being or affairs.

What happens if you don’t work with the facts?

If you’re not working with facts, then you will be misleading yourself. You can also misunderstand or misinterpret the facts and thereby be mislead without comprehensive understanding. Here also, of course, you are misleading yourself; the facts remain inert.