Claim Any piece of information referred to as a fact should be mistrusted since it may well be proven false in the future Reason Much of the information that people assume is factual actually turns out to be inaccurate

Facts are those which guide us in exploring this beautiful world. Without facts, it will be near to impossible to examine the exciting world of ours. Though facts can be proven to be inaccurate, they have to be taken for granted because they have gone through numerous tests to get established as "facts" in this competitive world. There is no means by which we can disprove a fact in a short period of time. Therefore, as time goes on, if need arises, facts will change. But, for the present moment we have to assume the facts as true; otherwise, the world will not move on.

First of all, facts are borne out of research work conducted by scientists. Because scientists have gone through arduous work to establish facts, the facts cannot be outrightly rejected. Additionally, researches are conducted for giving a new phenomenon to the world; it does not need to be always right. The application of the excellent discoveries made by researches is left to the industries. Hence the facts must given by researchers must be taken for granted and must not be denied until a convincing evidence is found. Even these facts get established only after the research paper undergoes severe analysis by eminent professors and peer research scholars. As a result, the facts carry a lot of meaning in them and serve useful to the world. For instance, Pluto was discovered to be a planet long ago; it has been believed for so long to be true. But recently, scientists have researched to find that Pluto does not meet the criteria to be deemed as a planet. Therefore, we must accept the outcomes of researches as and when they occur, because they are most often validated by a third party.

It follows that the researchers have the obligation of producing the correct results, because they are valued the most in the society. At the same time, we must not forget the fact that they too are human beings and are liable to err, committing mistakes. Consequently, the researchers can make mistakes at times. But they subsequently get pointed out by fellow researchers or their theories disproven by succeeding researchers. Hence, the information that people assume as facts are probable to be proven false; nevertheless, they must be taken for granted because it is the outcome of the research work done at that particular point of time.

Additionally, if we are to assume each and every fact to be inaccurate, then new innovations cannot be made and we cannot think out of the box. For instance, if we assume Pythagoras theorem to be false or the invention of "pi" value in maths to be baseless without any reason, then we cannot delve into deep researches in the field of Mathematics. If we are to ignore the facts, then we will end up establishing the same facts over and again. For instance, if we assume some fact to be false and ignore it, then there will no way for researchers all over the world to know that such a fact has been tried to be established in the real world. From this, we infer that, for sharing of data and discussion regarding attempts made to prove a fact, we have to assume the facts to be true if they are proven to be valid; Otherwise, we will repent a lot in the future. For instance, the famous Mathematician Ramanujam's theorems were left unproven and hence the facts that he established were not taken to be true. Years after his death, many researches have started realizing the wonderful results that this great Mathematician has strived to find in the past. Hence, they are now repenting for not having looked into the proof of these theorems for a so long time.

Above all, facts are considered to be way above myths. Myths are often related to supernatural beliefs and cannot be assumed to be true; Whereas the information in facts have been experimented thoroughly and given as results to us. This implies that we must adhere to its results. For instance, "Women and Children must not step out of the house during eclipses" is a myth; But "The solar eclipse occurs when sun covers the earth and there is a chance of sun emitting harmful radiations" is a fact. Hence facts are backed up by scientific evidence and they can be believed in most of the cases.

Thus, facts established long back have continued to exhibit their relevance till date. For instance, Moore's law states "Processor size decreases as time goes on, and the speed correspondingly increases"; this was stated way back in 1960s. But even today, we find new types of computers coming up in the market; the latest one being palmtop whose processor size fits into the size of our hand and the speed is 10 times that of a normal computer! Therefore, time and again, relying on facts has produced the best possible results. Though, occasionally the facts can be proved to be false, but they will take centuries to do so. Of course, as time moves on, change is inevitable. This leads to the conclusion that the facts that were once true, need not be true after a long time. In a nutshell, we must adhere to the facts that exist as of today.