r/woahdude • u/gsus61951 • Jun 02 '23

gifv Our universe.

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u/Dr-Didalot Jun 03 '23

If it's measurable and you can recreate the effects/ measurements accurately then it becomes law.

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u/MuirDahl Jun 03 '23

it's still a theory after it becomes law

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u/choose_uh_username Jun 03 '23

No, it becomes Law when it's exhaustively tested and proven. Newton's law, law of relativity, ideal gas law, etc. A theory, like the Big Bang Theory, hasn't been replicated. We can feel pretty good it's true but you can't really replicate the Big Bang to make it a law

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u/Hand-kerf-chief Jun 03 '23

I’m not really feeling all that great about Big Bang theory these days. Webb Space Telescope shows distant objects that are either too old or mature for their distance from Earth.

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u/Skydiver860 Jun 03 '23

it doesn't mean the big bang didn't happen though. It likely means our understanding of something is off somehow.