On May 3, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Eurico Chagas Filho wrote:
> What r the differences among theory, law, principle and hypothesis ?
> If the theory of Relativity has been proven, why it's not a law ?
Laws can only describe physical events. Explanations can never be
Laws; the pinnacle that any explanation can reach is to be called a
Theory, which means that it has been verified in many, many
situations, and predictions based upon it have also been verified.
When an explanation is dubbed a Theory, it means that it has in large
part been universally accepted as True by scientists. No amount of
proof, though, can ever turn a Theory into a Law.
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