Here at "A Dash" we are always interested in things that become part of the conventional wisdom with little supporting evidence. To find the right terminology for this concept, we turned to a leading source, Stephen Colbert on "truthiness."  Here is the Wikipedia definition: Truthiness is a term first used in its current satirical sense by American television comedian Stephen Colbert in 2005, to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or "from the gut" without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or facts. It is important at the outset to be very, very clear about our intention.  We are not saying that the CW is wrong, just that the evidence does ...