>this isn't what normal people mean when they say 'truth', usually they mean what you're referring to as 'facts.'

The specific terms used aren't necessarily contrary to the point I am making.

What people consider as "truths" or "facts" (not actual facts but so-called "facts") have nothing to do with actual facts or reality at large.

>Galileo meant that the truth of the matter doesn't care for public opinion.

That can just as easily be rephrased as: Facts of the matter don't care for truths of the matter.