In science, “fact” can only mean “confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.”
An intellectual is someone who can listen to the "William Tell Overture" without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
The Lake Isle of Innisfree I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build…
Tell all the Truth but tell it slant Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--- Success in Circuit lies…