Half of what you know is wrong according to Science

Published: Feb. 26, 2020, 12:05 a.m.

We tend to think of facts like concrete, a solid foundation. They aren\u2019t. Facts are fluid because our knowledge is always growing and expanding.

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\u201cFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor-recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that Pluto was a planet. For decades we were convinced that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur.\u201d

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- The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date by Samuel Arbesman