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While the definition proposed for a fact aligns with common usage in
2) This paragraph is another illustration of the same thing. I suggest
that the term "fact" should refer to validated data (accepted by most
practitioners), not to anything else. Likewise, I suggest that the
term "law" refers to nothing else than a generalizations of facts.
What is wrong with this approach? How else can we deal with imprecise
terminology of common language? As I already mentioned, some people
use the words "force," "energy," and "power" interchangeably. As
physicists we introduced precise definitions of these terms to
students, and we try to stick to these definitions. What is wrong with
assigning precise meaning to the four concepts needed to discuss
scientific validations?