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Is science based in fact or belief? by subbywan2007-01-22 16:28:58
  Repeatability. by RetiQlum22007-01-22 17:25:14
    Laws aren't laws. They're theoies. by vetitice2007-01-22 17:29:17
      Scientific "laws". by run.dll 2007-01-22 17:37:58
There is general agreement as to the definition of conjecture, hypothesis and theory, but the word "law" has throughout history been used for a very wide variety of applications. For instance, Hooke's law is nothing more than a linear approximation of the response of a spring (or whatever) to an external applied force. I had one physics prof who felt that the use of the word in physics was so nonstandard as to be misleading. It's almost synonymous with "statement".
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        Exactly! by vetitice2007-01-22 17:42:24

 

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