Theorybelieffactfiction

Theory Belief Fact Fiction

	*Do I Have a Choice?*	Can I Gather Information?	Can the Starting Point Change?	Must I Accept?	Synonymous	Adjustable?	How Much Freedom Is There?	*Will There Be Ultimate Evidence*?	*Based On?*	Synonymous
Belief	Yes	Yes	No	Accept or Ignore	Judgement	Possible	Much	No	Own Standards	Faith
Theory	Yes	Yes	No	Accept or Reject	Inference	No	Somewhat	No (if Yes then Theory Ceases to be Theory and Becomes Fact)	Own Standards	Deduction/ Induction
Fact	No	Yes	Possible	Accept	Actuality	Possible	None	Yes	Communal Standards	Observation
Fiction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Accept or Ignore	Fantasy	Yes	Plenty	No	Own Ideas	Made-Up

Examples Below

Examples	*Do I Have a Choice?*	Can I Gather Information?	Can the Starting Point Change?	Must I Accept?	Adjustable?	How Much Freedom Is There?	*Will There Be Ultimate Evidence*?	*Based On?*
Belief	Choice: Pantheism	Watch for Plural Manifestation of Nature	Pantheism remains Pantheism	Either You Believe in Multiple Gods or You Don't	Instead of Zeus Use Jupiter	Lots You Can Become a Buddhist	No, Even an Atheist is a Mere Believer	Monotheism, Pantheism, Atheism, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, still waiting...
Theory	Choice: Unified Field of Forces	Learn about the Four Forces	Unification remains Unification	The Evidence indicates Everything is Connected (Accept), but There is Still Much Wiggle Room (May Reject)	Unification gets Accepted or Rejected	Create Your Own Theory	Maybe, Maybe Not. M-Theory Still Has Unanswered Questions (But Electricity and Magnetism Are Connected in One Force)	Ideas, but Must Be Open to Scrutiny from Peers
Fact	No Choice: The Sky is not Green but Blue	Look in Color Dictionary	The Sky may turn Orange at Sunset, but Blue remains Blue	What is True Blue is True Blue	The Sky is Blue, Orange, and/or Black	Blue is Blue is Blue is Blue	Yes, Just Get Out Your Color Dictionary	We All Agree on These Facts (Even Though We Speak Different Languages)
Fiction	Choice: K-Pax	Watch Movie Closely	Story Line is Bottom Line	Stay or Walk Out of Movie Theater	Watch it in 3D	Go or Not Go	Kevin Spacey is Still on Earth	Gene Brewer Wrote Novel Charles Leavitt Wrote Screenplay