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But, Robert, "common" is your word. So the question is, what
did you mean by it?
On Sun, 19 Mar 2006, Robert Cohen wrote:
I had suggested that it is common for people think that laws are
theories that have been proven to be true.
To which John D. asked:
I would certainly agree that is not true. Does it even
rise to the
level of "common" misconception?
I don't know what qualifies as "common" but if I extend
this statement
to be that laws "used to be" theories until they were
either proven or
"accepted" by the scientific community then I'm pretty sure
over 50%
of my students (college; science majors) have this misconception.
(This doesn't include those students who think that a law can be
proven where a theory cannot)