Scientific Fact Checkers

Photographs and videos usually provide indisputable sources of information.

Here is a quick scorecard used to do a quick evaluation of an idea:

Circumstantial evidence (evidence that strongly suggests but does not inherently prove) may indicate what is true.

A body of evidence is a collection of circumstantial evidence.  A body of evidence may persuade a person or group of the truth of something.

Deduction usually leads to a correct conclusion.

Induction may lead to a correct conclusion.

Certainty is the state of mind that tells you that you know something is true.

Certitude is the state of mind that tells you that you believe something is true.

Statistics is completely reliable.

Hallucination occurs in normal people, as well as abnormal people.