Specifically, Ron Paul has no chance of winning the nomination (and he doesn't really want to); if a miracle happens and he actually does win the nomination and, subsequently, the presidency, he has no chance to successfully govern; and his libertarianism is pure hocus-pocus science fiction, evidenced by the fact that it's never been successfully implemented.
Much as he tries to stop himself — much as he clearly knows better — he cannot help treating the fiction as evidence, a trap into which far too many biographies fall.
This month, let's work together, me and you, to separate fact from fiction and evidence from opinion.
The state of Texas has long been a hotbed for crime fiction, as evidenced by the enduring reputations of two the greatest noir novelists of the 20th century.
In the painstaking and microscopic one-night structure of "On Chesil Beach," McEwan advances his exploration of slowness in fiction (early evidenced in "Black Dogs" and "Amsterdam," and exemplified in the 24-hour time scheme of "Saturday").
A Fire on the Moon is a plea on behalf of the unverifiable, of metaphysics (or a novelist's idea of metaphysics, that is to say, "the fiction of unspoken evidence") over physics.
But the quest for the perfect, in progressive approximations, is what separates science from fiction, opinion from evidence and guesswork from clinical medicine.
By way of example, the success of the current, data-driven effort to diversify America's poetry and fiction publications is evidence that quantifiable grievances are impossible for anyone of good faith to ignore.
FiCTION will provide evidence for the most clinically-effective and cost-effective approach to managing caries in children's primary teeth in Primary Care.
Jim Boyling gave a false name and occupation when he was arrested and maintained the fiction even when giving evidence under oath.
