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Major Nikon

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10. I wouldn't go so far as to say typically

Reply to Bretton Garcia (Reply #9)

Sat Apr 20, 2019, 08:02 AM

Apr 2019

A scientific law is a collection of facts which explain part of the natural universe. A scientific theory is a model which explains something in the natural universe. So it's not as if one is designed to eventually become the other. Both are tools used by science and while having some intersection they are really two different things. One answers the question "what" and the other answers the question "why".

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Scientists establish a link between religious fundamentalism and brain damage [View all] Voltaire2 Apr 2019 OP

That's a very interesting idea. MineralMan Apr 2019 #1

I love Science. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #2

Religious people seek confirmation of their beliefs. Scientists try to disprove their own theories. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #3

"Theories" come and go. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #4

Any theory that stands many attempts to disprove it is a theory that stands. Plus theories live on. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #5

Einstein is a special case, still unsettled. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #9

I wouldn't go so far as to say typically Major Nikon Apr 2019 #10

I see them working together Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #11

Scientific theories generally aren't even intended to be factual Major Nikon Apr 2019 #12

Well, there are Newton's Laws of Motion MineralMan Apr 2019 #13

So thanks everyone for helping me clarify things in my mind. Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #14

There is only patterns of matter and energy in the Universe uriel1972 Apr 2019 #16

ummm absolute facts can't be determined... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #15

Probably that's correct Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #17

Yes, that's the joy of probabilities... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #18

For humor's sake... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #6

Excellent! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #7

To confirm or disconfirm confirmation bias existed? Bretton Garcia Apr 2019 #8