But last week's was an object lesson in how in subsequent discussions of things that aren't true, or are half true, are accepted as facts.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The reality of climate change, and mankind's causal role in the process, are facts that are now almost universally accepted.

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But the Court explained in Twombly that the Conley statement had never been accepted literally in subsequent court decisions, and that the actual result reached in Conley (that the plaintiff had alleged sufficient facts to survive a Rule 8 motion to dismiss) continues to be fully accepted.

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