A fact can also be synonymous with truth or reality. mlo doesn’t have to prove he’s 35 in order for it to be true. It’s an actuality, a reality.
You claim that a fact is also a pragmatic truth that can be checked and confirmed. An uncomfirmed fact in your opinion in no way negates the actuality (truth) of mlo being 35.
Something can be true, real, and actual without being proven as a scientific fact to someone’s satisfaction.
I accept your argument but how am I to know what is, is? How it came it be? and what it means?
This is one long ass thread, ain’t it?