Essay topic:

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.