1.What is Fiction?
The word fiction is derived from the Latin fictio. It means something that is feigned or shaped. The word feign means to imagine. This shows that fiction is based on imagination. In other words, fiction is an imaginative creation. On the contrary to fact, fiction can only be created by the novelist or the poet. It cannot be either perceived or experienced. Unlike fact, fiction has got everything to do with the mind. Fiction is born out of the creativity of the poet or the author. Creativity is the power within the mind that makes the poet or the author select the most suited word and sense necessary for the building of the poem or a novel. Creativity is considered a gift of God
2.What is Fact?
As a matter of fact, the word fact is derived from the Latin factum. It means an occurrence or an event. This shows that fact is based on truth. Unlike fiction, fact is a true incident. It is important to know that you cannot create a fact. You can either experience a fact or perceive it for yourself. This is the reason one’s own story written by a writer is called an autobiography. It is the narration of the self-experience or perception. An autobiography is not created on the other hand. Fact has nothing to do with the mind. It is an already existent event or phenomenon.
3. Differences
• The major difference between fact and fiction is that fact is a true incident whereas fiction is an imaginative creation.
• Fact has nothing to do with the mind. It is an already existent event or phenomenon. On the other hand, fiction has got everything to do with the mind.
• Fact may start from perceived occurrence or incidence while fiction always begins in the mind.
• Fact is not created but perceived while fiction is always created by imagination.
4 Reason’s
As per the definition in the dictionary, fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events. in other words, fiction is a story made up through imagination rather than from real events. on the other hand, the word 'truth' holds a completely opposite meaning. Truth about something is the true facts about it. There is no space for imagination in reality.
As we step into the twenty first century, we realize the truths of life are stranger than any fictional novel. We all know imagination runs wild and by giving imagination the encouragement to run wild, we can actually feel that there are glimpses of fiction in every real event that occurs. even when reading a novel, fiction or non-fiction, we can relate to one character in the least. It is, in fact, the common human psychology to try and relate truth with fiction.
When we are being able to relate, then it should mean that there is a connection between imagination and reality.
Looking at a person from outside, we can never judge his inside but we can keep imagining stuff. And when we come to know something of substance about that person, it may seem that truth is really stranger than fiction. Certain events occur in our lives too which make us think about it for a prolonged period, which is similar to the aftereffect of reading a fiction. we keep wondering why these are happening to us..These strange things. And then one day we wake up and realize that this is life, the reality, the truth! Life is never what we imagine it to be.
It can be well concluded that the truth behind every event of life has a strange story of its own, quite similar to or even stranger than fiction itself.
A new study by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Exeter found that people often believe fiction instead of fact because they let their ideological biases determine what they believe and what they reject as facts. Similarly, people who don’t strongly subscribe to a political ideology tend to be more accepting of facts that counter their beliefs.
To understand why and how people believe fiction over fact, researchers and 2015 frank prize finalists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler designed a series of experiments to measure how people process and understand new information. Participants were asked about their political leanings and were then quizzed on three topics: the insurgent attacks in Iraq after the 2006 “troop surge,” job creation in the United States under President Obama and global temperature changes.
The researchers found that very committed Republicans were unwilling to acknowledge that job creation had improved under President Obama’s leadership. The same went for dedicated Democrats, who were reluctant to credit President Bush’s troop surge with a reduction in insurgent attacks in Iraq.
“It is threatening for people to concede the validity of politically uncomfortable facts,” the researchers explain, “which hinders them from expressing belief in those facts even if they are at least tacitly aware of [the facts’] validity.”
Researchers also say the “findings suggest that many misinformed individuals may already be at least tacitly aware of the correct information but uncomfortable acknowledging it. In this sense, misperceptions are not just an information problem; the threatening nature of counter-attitudinal facts appears to inhibit people from acknowledging the true state of the evidence on controversial issues.”
But there is some positive news from the study. Nyhan and Reifler also found that presenting non-partisans with information about a topic–particularly in graphical form – can clear up some misinformation. Graphs and charts were particularly effective at combatting misinformation. Participants who were shown a graph detailing rising global temperatures were more likely to acknowledge a rise in global temperatures than participants who only read about the increase.
The research suggests that for the people who do not lean too far to either political side ideologically, incorporating graphs and visual information into communications strategies can help reduce misconceptions of social issues. “Our results show that delivering factual information in graphical form appears to be more effective than text at reducing misperceptions,” Nyhan and Reifler note. “While not every misperception can be represented graphically, these results suggest that journalists covering stories about change or trends where misperceptions are likely should consider using graphs in their stories.”
The word fiction is derived from the Latin fictio. It means something that is feigned or shaped. The word feign means to imagine. This shows that fiction is based on imagination. In other words, fiction is an imaginative creation. On the contrary to fact, fiction can only be created by the novelist or the poet. It cannot be either perceived or experienced. Unlike fact, fiction has got everything to do with the mind. Fiction is born out of the creativity of the poet or the author. Creativity is the power within the mind that makes the poet or the author select the most suited word and sense necessary for the building of the poem or a novel. Creativity is considered a gift of God
2.What is Fact?
As a matter of fact, the word fact is derived from the Latin factum. It means an occurrence or an event. This shows that fact is based on truth. Unlike fiction, fact is a true incident. It is important to know that you cannot create a fact. You can either experience a fact or perceive it for yourself. This is the reason one’s own story written by a writer is called an autobiography. It is the narration of the self-experience or perception. An autobiography is not created on the other hand. Fact has nothing to do with the mind. It is an already existent event or phenomenon.
3. Differences
• The major difference between fact and fiction is that fact is a true incident whereas fiction is an imaginative creation.
• Fact has nothing to do with the mind. It is an already existent event or phenomenon. On the other hand, fiction has got everything to do with the mind.
• Fact may start from perceived occurrence or incidence while fiction always begins in the mind.
• Fact is not created but perceived while fiction is always created by imagination.
4 Reason’s
As per the definition in the dictionary, fiction refers to books and stories about imaginary people and events. in other words, fiction is a story made up through imagination rather than from real events. on the other hand, the word 'truth' holds a completely opposite meaning. Truth about something is the true facts about it. There is no space for imagination in reality.
As we step into the twenty first century, we realize the truths of life are stranger than any fictional novel. We all know imagination runs wild and by giving imagination the encouragement to run wild, we can actually feel that there are glimpses of fiction in every real event that occurs. even when reading a novel, fiction or non-fiction, we can relate to one character in the least. It is, in fact, the common human psychology to try and relate truth with fiction.
When we are being able to relate, then it should mean that there is a connection between imagination and reality.
Looking at a person from outside, we can never judge his inside but we can keep imagining stuff. And when we come to know something of substance about that person, it may seem that truth is really stranger than fiction. Certain events occur in our lives too which make us think about it for a prolonged period, which is similar to the aftereffect of reading a fiction. we keep wondering why these are happening to us..These strange things. And then one day we wake up and realize that this is life, the reality, the truth! Life is never what we imagine it to be.
It can be well concluded that the truth behind every event of life has a strange story of its own, quite similar to or even stranger than fiction itself.
A new study by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Exeter found that people often believe fiction instead of fact because they let their ideological biases determine what they believe and what they reject as facts. Similarly, people who don’t strongly subscribe to a political ideology tend to be more accepting of facts that counter their beliefs.
To understand why and how people believe fiction over fact, researchers and 2015 frank prize finalists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler designed a series of experiments to measure how people process and understand new information. Participants were asked about their political leanings and were then quizzed on three topics: the insurgent attacks in Iraq after the 2006 “troop surge,” job creation in the United States under President Obama and global temperature changes.
The researchers found that very committed Republicans were unwilling to acknowledge that job creation had improved under President Obama’s leadership. The same went for dedicated Democrats, who were reluctant to credit President Bush’s troop surge with a reduction in insurgent attacks in Iraq.
“It is threatening for people to concede the validity of politically uncomfortable facts,” the researchers explain, “which hinders them from expressing belief in those facts even if they are at least tacitly aware of [the facts’] validity.”
Researchers also say the “findings suggest that many misinformed individuals may already be at least tacitly aware of the correct information but uncomfortable acknowledging it. In this sense, misperceptions are not just an information problem; the threatening nature of counter-attitudinal facts appears to inhibit people from acknowledging the true state of the evidence on controversial issues.”
But there is some positive news from the study. Nyhan and Reifler also found that presenting non-partisans with information about a topic–particularly in graphical form – can clear up some misinformation. Graphs and charts were particularly effective at combatting misinformation. Participants who were shown a graph detailing rising global temperatures were more likely to acknowledge a rise in global temperatures than participants who only read about the increase.
The research suggests that for the people who do not lean too far to either political side ideologically, incorporating graphs and visual information into communications strategies can help reduce misconceptions of social issues. “Our results show that delivering factual information in graphical form appears to be more effective than text at reducing misperceptions,” Nyhan and Reifler note. “While not every misperception can be represented graphically, these results suggest that journalists covering stories about change or trends where misperceptions are likely should consider using graphs in their stories.”
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