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To: Liberal Classic

General Relativity is a Theory that INCLUDES gravity. It attempts to explain gravity in a larger context. The smaller issue of how gravity works is a Law.

GR has been well-confirmed for several decades now and is generally believed to be true- but that is not long enough to promote it to a law. For example a geocentric model of the universe was confirmed by every prediction and observation for 1400 years- but it was wrong. It turned out another model, the heliocentric model, also explained the data.


121 posted on 02/17/2005 8:41:26 PM PST by Ahban
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To: Ahban
The smaller issue of how gravity works is a Law.

Really now? Why don't you use the Law of Gravity, as you know it, to explain how gravity works.
124 posted on 02/17/2005 8:42:55 PM PST by Dimensio
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To: Ahban; Liberal Classic
GR has been well-confirmed for several decades now and is generally believed to be true- but that is not long enough to promote it to a law.

A theory never becomes a law.

241 posted on 02/18/2005 12:02:21 AM PST by RadioAstronomer
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