Yes, science accumulates factual knowledge, but it is at its best when it generates new and better questions.
How Pseudoscientists Get Away With It - Facts So Romantic|Stuart Firestein|August 28, 2020|Nautilus
Our ancestors evolved in small groups, where cooperation and persuasion had at least as much to do with reproductive success as holding accurate factual beliefs about the world.
Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview|LGBTQ-Editor|July 2, 2020|No Straight News
In ideologically charged situations, one’s prejudices end up affecting one’s factual beliefs.
Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview|LGBTQ-Editor|July 2, 2020|No Straight News
Highly educated people will disagree, and no amount of factual information will necessarily decide the issue.
Catholic University’s Harvey Milk Ban Reflects A Church In Transition|Jay Michaelson|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I wonder who is putting up the ads and how factual they are?
The Sleazy War on the Humane Society|Center for Public Integrity|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We live in the world of Zero Dark Thirty; factual accuracy has supplanted fantasy technology.
Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research|Ridley Pearson|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But both of these statements are factual, and Republicans will spin them hard today and tomorrow.
Despite Their Loss In Florida’s Special Election, Democrats Shouldn’t Panic Over November|Michael Tomasky|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Could you talk a little about the factual basis for your sexualizing of Lincoln?
Making Lincoln Sexy: Jerome Charyn’s Fictional President|Tom LeClair|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nevertheless, the conjectured process moves on the factual plane from beginning to end.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
We cannot compare or contrast distinctions of worth with bare differences of factual existence (I, 2).
Essays in Experimental Logic|John Dewey
The real story, the absolute, factual truth, without any nonsense.
Martyr|Alan Edward Nourse
Personally I believe that the work of the intermediate grades should be planned to give the pupil this factual basis.
Craftsmanship in Teaching|William Chandler Bagley
She seemed to devour every factual point of imperfection about herself that Pembroke brought to her attention.