Can a fact be false?

[KingStund202]

Can a fact be false...a false fact.

Give me your answers, Endrat say no, i say yes.

[Aqua Structure]

1.
something that actually exists; reality; truth: Your fears have no basis in fact.

If it can be proven wrong, it's not a fact.
It's fiction. A fact cannot be proven wrong because it's a FACT.

[InHuman]

who gives a damn

[MicroManage]

a fact cant be proven wrong
simply because its reality and you cant change a fact
I sucked Fabz's dick one night
thats a fact and nothing can ever change that

[KingStund202]

What we once know as a fact, changes all the time.

At one time the earth was flat, and everyone knew that to be true and a fact. Then Christopher Columbus discovered it was round and not flat. So the old fact of the earth being flat became false.

1 example of a false fact. Everyone knew it was flat, making it a fact: and was later proved otherwise, making it false. You can't say the fact was an opinion(cause you can't test an opinion), hence false fact.

[[MPGH]Toxin]

Stating a fact, weither it be true or false, it's still a fact.

[KingStund202]

Stating a fact, weither it be true or false, it's still a fact.

Endrit so mad.........

[Bombsaway707]

Definitions of fact on the Web:
1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
Definitions of false
1. Contrary to fact or truth
A fact is what is true so if it is not true it is not a fact
So thus, a fact cannot be false. Endrat was right unfortunately

[MicroManage]

when people thought of the eearth as flat
they never thought of it as fact they only knew it as theory
Magelllan (not columbus) proved that this theory was wrong

there was once a time when people thought that the earth was the center of the universe doesnt mean it was true just means that the catholic church is full of bullshit

[[MPGH]arunforce]

It's hard to say. You are both kinda right...

When a "fact" is realized as a fact, it has to be true, doesn't mean it can't be proven wrong at a later date, I guess...

[Alen]

So thus, a fact cannot be false. Endrat was right unfortunately

A fact can be proven wrong, but then it isn't a fact anymore.

[Trianglez]

when people thought of the eearth as flat
they never thought of it as fact they only knew it as theory
Magelllan (not columbus) proved that this theory was wrong

there was once a time when people thought that the earth was the center of the universe doesnt mean it was true just means that the catholic church is full of bullshit

Ripping ******, Take off that sig, I made that for a friend, not you.

[KingStund202]

A fact can be proven wrong, but then it isn't a fact anymore.

Well it cant just turn into an opinion right? So its stays in the category of a fact. But just false.

[Alen]

Well it cant just turn into an opinion right? So its stays in the category of a fact. But just false.

Wikipedia ripping from two other sites says:

The word fact can refer to verified information about past or present circumstances or events which are presented as objective reality. In science, it means a provable concept.[1][2].

So it turns into a past fact It was a fact, but isn't any more.

[Taylor Swift]

If it can be Proven Wrong, then no, it is not a fact.