Critical Thinking addendum: Remember to discuss/argue/debate in the higher ranges (Graham's Hierarchy)
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Except it's not.
A true fact is different from a falsity stated as fact, or, a false fact.
Not all facts are equal.
That would be a factoid.
a factoid is a mini fact. small. a tiny thing.
Like Pluto. Not big enough to be the real deal. An oid of a thing.
1973, "published statement taken to be a fact because of its appearance in print," from fact + -oid, first explained, if not coined, by Norman Mailer.
Something to be taken as a fact which you refer to as a false fact as opposed to " true" fact with the added bonus of appearing in print: called misinformation, fake news, etc.
and it's tiny, like a planetoid. A planetoid, not a real planet because it's too small.
Therefore, oid means tiny.
Heh.