• CaptnNMorgan@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    If it’s only most objects is it really a law? I’m just a dumb guy, but that seems contradictory. My understanding is that gravity is a “Law” because it interacts, in one way or another, with EVERYTHING

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      7 days ago

      In physics, law mostly just means a clear formula which always applies when you’re within some specific parameters (Newton’s laws when below relativistic speeds)

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
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      There are no laws in science. Some call things law for whatever reasons, but they are not. We have theories, the highest thing there is, which explain everything we can observe usually to a level of accuracy that is extremely good.