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Your Logical Fallacy IsDoes anyone have a go to page for definition of scientific theories and laws? The one I used to use made it very clear that theories do not grow up to be laws. I am finding out, now I am on Facebook, that I have a lot of anti-science acquaintances and maybe just maybe I can convince some to think critically.Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.

This is the one I have used in the past. Just a different source.
Hypothesis, theory, law - Google Docs#

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The biggest difference between a law and a theory is that a theory is much more complex and dynamic. A law describes a single action, whereas a theory explains an entire group of related phenomena. And, whereas a law is a postulate that forms the foundation of the scientific method, a theory is the end result of that same process.

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A simple analogy can be made using a slingshot and an automobile.

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A scientific law is like a slingshot. A slingshot has but one moving part--the rubber band. If you put a rock in it and draw it back, the rock will fly out at a predictable speed, depending upon the distance the band is drawn back.

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An automobile has many moving parts, all working in unison to perform the chore of transporting someone from one point to another point. An automobile is a complex piece of machinery. Sometimes, improvements are made to one or more component parts. A new set of spark plugs that are composed of a better alloy that can withstand heat better, for example, might replace the existing set. But the function of the automobile as a whole remains unchanged.

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A theory is like the automobile. Components of it can be changed or improved upon, without changing the overall truth of the theory as a whole.

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