What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
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I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.
I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean.
As I said before, there are often disagreements as to what a particular set of facts mean. That is not at all unusual, and one shouldn't read into it more than is there.
The facts are always less than what really happened.
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.
Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game.
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles.