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Old 14-November-2008, 05:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Robinson View Post

Part of this is just like with math. The very definition of a law defines when it is true. Laws are also relatively easy to demonstrate, and are considered to never change.
Except that most of the laws of classical physics are now considered approximations of a better answer. In a sense the are simply very accurate rules of thumb.
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