Then there are facts, non-facts, and theories, which may or may not be factual
Next, there is truth and non-truth, or the truth and the lie, if you prefer. There is really no in between. As human beings, we spend too much of our lives trying fairly successfully to rationalize the “in between” which doesn’t really exist. How many times do we rationalize telling “a little white lie” to keep from hurting someone’s feelings? Therein is just one of the “good intention” pavers on the road to hell. Need I go on to more examples? I think you get it.
Then there are facts, non-facts, and theories, which may or may not be factual. The best and easiest example to demonstrate is scientific facts. Scientific facts are something that can be challenged, but when the results of repeated testing demonstrate the same result over and over again, you can be sure you have a proven fact. The elephant in the room is the THEORY of human caused climate change. Although accepted as fact by many, there has never been repeatable testing of the theory that can demonstrate that humans have any impact whatsoever on global climate. In fact, ice core and tree ring studies have demonstrated that climate change has been a natural cyclic occurrence for tens of thousands of years.
"A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good just because it's accepted by a majority"~ Booker T. Washington