To: Dimensio
P.S. Both gravity and thermodynamics are LAWS, long proven by often repeated experiments. I'm sure you have heard of them, the LAW of gravity and the LAWS of thermodynamics.
To: Blood of Tyrants
Both gravity and thermodynamics are LAWS, long proven by often repeated experiments.
Laws are mathematical constructs, but they are built upon theory and become meaningless if the theories are refuted.
Scientific theories are never proven. Repeated experimentation can strongly support the validity of a theory but it is impossible to "prove" any theory in science, no matter how often you do the experiment.
57 posted on
07/11/2002 10:45:13 AM PDT by
Dimensio
To: Blood of Tyrants
P.S. Both gravity and thermodynamics are LAWS, long proven by often repeated experiments. I'm sure you have heard of them, the LAW of gravity and the LAWS of thermodynamics. Newton's theory of gravity is no longer called a "law," because Einstein's theory of relativity showed that it is in fact incorrect in certain (rather unique) circumstances. (For any thing any of us is likely to do in ordinary life, however, it remains good enough for government work.)
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