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submitted 3 months ago by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I thought that was a Law?

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think it’s that Laws are proven to be true whereas Theories just have not yet been proven false.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 4 points 3 months ago

Not quite. Laws are a single proven statement and theories are a collection of laws used to explain why something is the way it is.

The Big Bang Theory uses the laws of physics to justify it.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 3 months ago

A law or principal is a single proven statement while a theory is a collection of proven statements.

Basically, a law is how things work while a theory is why things work.