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Scientific Law vs Theory: Why the Difference Matters
Why it’s important to know the difference between Scientific Law and Theory!
Whenever there is a discussion around Evolution, we often hear the statement “it’s just a theory”. At least I would also think “Oh yeah, it’s not a law” after that. The word “Law” sounds like something that is 100 percent true whereas theory on the other hand sounds like “just a theory”.
After all, we use the word “theory” so casually, like with all those Game of Thrones fan theories and so on.
But the hunches we had about Tyrion and other Game of Thrones characters do not count as theories in the Scientific World. While not all of us should know everything about the Scientific World, we must understand the basic terminologies like “Theory” and “Law” and know their differences. Because guess what, Science is our friend and savior to help us understand our world and not a dreaded seven-letter word.
Fact and Hypothesis
Let’s start with the word fact, a word all of us love to use! Fact is just an observation that is confirmed to be true. Game of Thrones is fiction; this is a fact!
The educated guess or hunch that we make based on observation is a Hypothesis (and not theory!). If our hypothesis does not prove to be false despite rigorous…
