OPINION =/= FACT

I do not dispute that it's an opinion. My dispute is that this opinion is excluded from the truth, even when determined after the fact, that it was always true.

And this is a very important point, so I'm glad we're both on the same-page here.

It is only true at the point of verification.

And at that point, we can "retroactively" call it "true" colloquially, but it could never have been "true" BEFORE verification occurred.

For example, if someone hypothesized that the Sun emits invisible rays of light, before there was any scientific evidence to support their claim, they would not be "correct" and their OPINION (prediction) would not and could not be considered TRUE.

Up to and until the moment of verification, that person is not a "prophet" or a "liar". That person is indistinguishable from a lunatic (space-alien abductee).

We should NEVER "take someones word-for-it".

Only NOW can we say it is TRUE that the Sun emits invisible rays of light, and has, as far as we reasonably can tell, (retroactively) ALWAYS emitted invisible rays of light.

FOR EXAMPLE,

OPINION-HYPOTHESIS-PREDICTION-GNOSIS-DREAM =/= REAL-TRUE-FACT

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