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Fact and Opinion: Is There Really a Difference Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. -Baruch, Bernard M 1870-1965 American Financier {Click mouse to continue} How to Navigate Through a PowerPoint Workshop This PowerPoint Presentation is designed to be experienced as a workshop. To ensure that you do not miss important information, only use your mouse at this prompt: {Click mouse to continue} {Click mouse to continue} Let’s Get The Facts Straight! There is a difference between FACT and OPINION. Facts are statements that can be proven. Opinions can not be proven. They are based on someones thoughts, their feelings and their understanding. Though you may be able to use facts to add credibility to an opinion, it is still an opinion! Though an opinion may be widely accepted, that does not make it a fact. {Click mouse to continue} Let’s Get The Facts Straight! A fact is something that can be proven by a reliable authority such as: Note : None of these authorities are fool proof, but information that they provide is considered to be fact. A history book An observation Governmental law Proven scientific law Statistics Mathematics Measurements {Click mouse to continue} Lets Look at Some Examples of Facts John F. Kennedy was President 1961-1963 History Book The adult human body has 206 bones Science 56% of US gun Deaths are suicides Statistic 21 is the legal drinking age in Cincinnati, OH Governmental Law Facts Reliable Authority Must Have a {Click mouse to continue} More Examples of Facts What About Observations? Observations are facts because they can be proven by the senses. Some flowers are larger than others. You can bring in flowers of various sizes The shirt is green. You can bring in the shirt so that the color can be seen Fact How it is Provable {Click mouse to continue} Getting the Facts on Facts Some facts change over time. F