Note: This is part 2 of The Problem With Research series. Part 1 is here.

The truth is more important than the facts. Frank Lloyd Wright

FACTS.

They’re everywhere. You can find facts in a book, in a magazine, or on the World Wide Web. You can find people talking about facts on the news, in a political convention, or at a health professional conference. You can find facts almost everywhere you go because our culture bombards us with facts supporting this and facts supporting that. Facts are literally being fired off in every direction just like free throws in one of Shaq’s basketball games.

Here’s a brain-crasher: facts aren’t always true. In fact, some facts are false… deceptive… even lies. Other times facts are an illusion of the truth, but have been skewed into half-truths (this means that they’re not true!). There are a great many things that differentiate the truth from the facts.

Facts can be interpreted many different ways. Truth is known.

Facts can be used as evidence to support an opinion. Truth supersedes opinions.

Facts can be used out of context to create the illusion of truth. Truth is absolute.

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is. Winston Churchill

Now that we know facts aren’t always true, let’s look at how facts can be manipulated in the realm of research for health and fitness.
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