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I don't know but I've always found it odd to be called a "law", that gives too much scientific credit for something that was clearly derived by simple observati
by karolist 14y ago
I don't know but I've always found it odd to be called a "law", that gives too much scientific credit for something that was clearly derived by simple observation and guesswork and has no underlying science to prove it except that the statement held for some time.
- panacea 14y agoThey acknowlege in the article it isn't a real scientific law.
- okamiueru 14y agoIn danger of being a bit too pedantic, there is no such thing as a 'real scientific law' either. Though I admit there is general understanding of what is implied by 'a scientific law', and I assume that's what you and the article is referring to.
- 6ren 14y agoProbably caught on because it rhymes.
- melloclello 14y agoRhyming words are very stable memes, they carry their own error correction.