| Final-Fan said: Laws are just theories by another name due to their having become so well-supported. And no, they're not the "sum" of observations, they are the result of people trying to figure out a consistent explanation for the observations. You can't observe the theory of gravity, you only observe things falling at certain speeds and rates of acceleration. And you can't observe the fact that something cannot happen. You can only have many many observations of it not happening, and theorize from that that it never happens, and theorize from that that it can't happen. THESE THEORIES =/= THE ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS. |
Look, haven't you agreed that science assumes that which it has observed enough?
How is that different than "theory"?
Again, I use the example of the first law of thermodynamics: "Energy cannot be created or destroyed"
You know how they came to that conclusion? They tried to create energy, they observed situations to see if energy was being created - and found that that was not the case. Over and over and over. Hence, the law, the assumption that "energy cannot be created or destroyed", which is exactly what they observed.
So, point 1 is just that: an observation made so many times it is elevated to the status of theory or law.
Okami
To lavish praise upon this title, the assumption of a common plateau between player and game must be made. I won't open my unworthy mouth.
