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Gravity is a law. But a theory does mean proven to be true, but not for sure 100% true. Evolution still has that missing link
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  • [quote]Gravity is a law. But a theory does mean proven to be true, but not for sure 100% true. Evolution still has that missing link[/quote]

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  • As one of my teachers put it "A Law means we know how, why, how much, and everything else there is to know about something. A theory means we know it happened, we just don't know the rest"

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  • Other way around.

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  • Not quite. Gravity is a Law. We know that it exists, and a baseline constant. We also know that wherever in the universe we go, there will be some gravity. Evolution is a theory. We know it happened. We don't have a great deal more solid than that.

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  • Gravity is both a theory and a law. Newton wrote about the law of gravity (i.e. N=mg, etc.), Einstein wrote about the theory of gravity (i.e. gravitons, the Lorentz factor, etc.). A law is describing a natural phenomenon, and a theory is explaining that phenomenon.

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  • [quote]As one of my teachers put it "A Law means we know how, why....."[/quote] This is what also makes it a theory. We can predict gravity all day long but ask a physicist what it is? They won't know nobody knows just what gravity " is".

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