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Originally Posted by PayneTrain
There is no Law of Evolution because such a relationship has not been distilled from the Theory of Evolution, nor has any law of evolution been concocted in a way that is divergent from or tangential to the existing theory. This does not change the fact that the Theory of Evolution is one that had falsifiable hypotheses carried out through controlled experiments.
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We can do this with Mendel, too, since someone mentioned it. Mendel's
laws work via the Boveri–Sutton chromosome
theory. We should ensure we don't explain Boveri-Sutton as 'less than' a law to students; it's called a theory not because it lacks scientific evidence but because it provides a different type of content. Chromosome theory, germ theory, the theory of relativity, evolutionary theory, etc. would never become laws with more evidence because they're descriptions of mechanisms, not descriptions of behaviors.
This is kind of fun. Anyone have some for other subdivision names? They don't have to actually be invented by the namesake, just related to them. I'm sure others will find more elegant ways to sort the scientists, but to start:
- Turing, representing logic - contradition(L), identity(L), excluded middle(L)
- Archimedes, representing mathematics -
- Newton, representing classical physics - interia(L), F=ma(L), action and reaction(L)
- Einstein, representing modern physics - special and general relativity(T)
- Telsa, representing electromagnetism -
- Galileo, representing astronomy - elliptical orbits(L), equal areas(L), orbital periods(L)
- Curie, representing chemistry - equlibrium(L), reversibility(L)
- Darwin, representing biology - independent assortment(L), segretation(L), dominance(L), cell(T), evolution(T)
- Daly, representing medicine - germ(T)
- Carson, representing ecology -
- Hopper, representing computer science -
- Roebling, representing engineering -
- Carver, representing invention -
...So clearly I am not a Renaissance woman. It seems like a neat learning opportunity with more iteration though. Interdivision quiz bowl!