Why are Newton’s Laws of Physics called laws and not theories?
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Laws are observational constants. When you drop something it falls down. When you push on something an equal force is applied in the opposite direction. There is no conclusion or idea of why this happens. Its just an observable thing that happens. This is what scientific laws are. Theories on the other hand answer the far more interesting why question. Why do things fall down when i let them go. To answer this you need a theory.
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