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To: Tempestuous
Listen and listen carefully because you are about to be lectured again.

I never said laws didn't exist. Laws and theories are two different animals. Theories do not graduate into laws and laws are not superior to theories either.

Actually, laws and theories coexist. There are laws of gravity and there is also the theory of gravity. The theory of gravity makes use of laws.

One more time - theories DO NOT graduate into laws.

853 posted on 08/02/2005 4:19:39 PM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: JeffAtlanta

" never said laws didn't exist. Laws and theories are two different animals."

- No they are not.

A THEORY is a hypothesis or group of hypotheses which have been validated but not to the point of near certainty.

A LAW or FACT is a theory that has been validated close to certainty.

In other words, theories can progress into laws as their hypothesis are proven to the point of near certainty.


856 posted on 08/02/2005 4:28:43 PM PDT by Tempestuous
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To: JeffAtlanta

Whoops. Forgot to ping you to my post #901 as well.


903 posted on 08/02/2005 6:03:33 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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