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What's the point of performing science if the way things

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What's the point of performing science if the way things work (the "laws") could change at any moment? Can we safely assume they won't?

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What do you mean they could change at any time ? That a theory could be proven wrong or that the actual reality could change (for example gravity stops existing for some reason)
If it's the latter we'll probably die a few seconds after the laws change so who cares.
If it's the first then you can still adapt the theory if it's true in most cases, until you find a better one.
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They're only going to change if we have enough evidence of them changing. As in, we have to conduct scientific experiments to discover that happening.

I feel like you need to reword the question or something.
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>>7965991
>the point
>induction question
Not /sci/, reeeee, go to /his/, and such
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>>7965991
No one's ever caught them changing, and until someone does its reasonable to assume they wont
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>>7965991
Laws of Nature dates back to Newton and are now replaced by theories, that like Einstein's theories provide a better fit with what we observe.

This is not a problem.

This is just how science works.
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Just imagine gravity would be proven wrong. Suddenly we'll float all over the place. I, for one, wouldn't mind.
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"Laws" cannot change at any time. Science is built off how things are observed, it doesn't create anything that isn't already there. Even if a theory changes or is disproved it doesn't mean anything physically changed, just our understanding
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It's like a high-schooler read David Hume for the first time.
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