Fact vs. Theory

I recently heard a quote from a poet, Maya Angelou- "There's a world of difference between facts and truth. Facts can obscure the truth."

The person who posted this quote infered this from the quote:

As this applies to the study of the paranormal, what is fact to one is not
fact to another. Imagine what wonderous truths are hidden behind the facts of
non-believers....
Just a thought...

Now I do believe this is a good quote, but the quote relating to the paranormal... I tend to disagree. Simply because of the word 'fact'. In the paranormal field as of now there are no facts, only theories. My theories may not match yours or anyone else's. Through science and scientific equipment we are trying to prove are theories as fact.

The definition of paranormal is:

par·a·nor·mal (pr-nôrml) adj.
Beyond the range of normal experience or scientific explanation: such paranormal phenomena as telepathy; a medium's paranormal powers.

If something is beyond scientific explanation then it would not be fact, merely a hypothesis awaiting to be proven. Hence those theories would have
no truth... yet.

So I find it humorous when people attempt to prove the paranormal does not exist or they attempt to disprove people's paranormal theories (this doesn't include the original poster of the quote above). How can you prove something doesn't exist when the paranormal is essentially what exists outside of our experiences and scientific explanation? Again it only leaves you with theories.

Which leads to the next point: If you were to prove any type of paranormal theory existed then essentially it would not be paranormal anymore as it would now fall within a scientific explanation.

What do you think?

Happy and safe Hunting
D.Day
Founder, Supernatural Truth Paranormal Investigations