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Unread 10-29-2009, 12:41 PM   #6
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Well the most common view is this:
Scientific laws are collections of data into concise mathematical or verbal statements that are related to directly causal relations. They do not explain things.
Theories explain things.

I'm a bit radical in that I reject the notion of scientific laws, but even under the general classification gravity is a theory and not a law because it explains why things are attracted to each other. You could have like the inverse square law- which explains the strength of attraction with distance but you cannot explain it in a law.
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