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Thu August 30, 2012

Remember When Pluto Was A Planet?: The Half-Life Of Facts

Credit Penguin Group (USA)
"The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date" by Samuel Arbesman
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By Brian Ellison and Danie Alexander
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A fact is something that actually exists; reality; truth.  Until it isn't anymore.  How does that happen?

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