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> Sometimes they may be considered laws, but sometimes not.
Taking this in context, I believe what is intended by this sentence is
"Sometimes they may be considered accurate, but sometimes not." The
usage of "law" here would then be consistent with
> The term law would seem to imply that it is absolute,
But of course Hooke's law famously demonstrates that this is not
consistent with normal usage -- as John explicitly states.