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In response to "And I'm glad it hits on a major pet peeve of mine." by Strongbad

No no no no. That's not right at all. There's no hierarchy for Theory to Fact.

Posted by Reagen Mar 18 '15, 05:31

Theories are bodies of knowledge that explain principles in sciences. Laws are equations or simple statements that describe mathematically one observable and testable thing.

The Theory of Gravity and the Law of Gravitational Attraction are very separate things. One describes what gravity is, one details specifically how two things attract each other. The Law of Gravitational Attraction is still true even we are entirely wrong about what Gravity is, because it is based on observed behaviour. Conversely, there can be no such thing as a Law of Evolution, since there is no one relationship that can be described by it.

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Oh... so you're one of those people who believe in gravity? -- nm - Ender (3 Days till Puerto Rico) Mar 18, 06:44 1
- *watches you fling off into space* -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 07:02
I agree that laws must have a mathematical component to it. - Strongbad Mar 18, 05:52 1
- the word that science uses for how laypeople use "theory" is "hypothesis". -- nm - Reagen Mar 18, 05:54
Theory to Law, I meant to say. - Reagen Mar 18, 05:34
But that's just, like, your opinion, man. -- nm - znufrii Mar 18, 05:33

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No no no no. That's not right at all. There's no hierarchy for Theory to Fact.

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