what may or may not be hard reality

I think even an arrest warrant is strong. Wearing a watch on the right hand sounds like grounds for bringing them in for questioning to determine first if they are left-handed, but not arrest them for murder.

I think what really bothers me is that they never say 'possibly'. They always state with utter certainty that 'IT IS LIKE THIS'. I think the quote went "Who wears their watch on the right wrist? Left-handed people do." I would have been so much more ok with it if they said 'left-handed people might', or something like that. It's all well and good to use any evidence you have, but to treat them like facts when they're merely possibilities annoys the hell out of me. It feels like just another 'look at us how clever we are, we know everything'.

('Alleged/potential/possible' are som of my favourite words. My favourite high school English teacher would instantly fail essays if they claimed facts without proper grounds to do so. I grew up wanting to be like her. :P )