Love that! Very interesting thought thread, thank you! It's also funny how today, with the incredible pace of research, there are constantly new discoveries that literally object and refute most of the FACTS we've ALL been taught in highschool and university..
So like you suggest, I believe facts are to support a feeling that we have about something. At least that's how it works best for me. I usually don't need facts to be convinced. Often it just takes me feeling what my heart thinks about it. Sometimes it's just a dash of intrigue that makes me want to hear more and I believe that is where facts are useful to illustrate the idea, assumption or theory. I guess most of the 'inventions & discoveries', just like Art have sprung from an intuition, and from there the mind went on an adventurous hunt of facts to paint the bigger picture of that idea. A little bit like a treasure hunt where every fact is in fact (pun intendet) just a clue leading towards the real riches of (inner) Truth. 🦚