Are The Laws of Physics Still Laws? part 1
On May 23, 2016 I posted newly written argument for the existence of God from laws of Physics . It was an Update of old "Fire in The Equations" argument on Doxa. This discussion of new thinking on Laws of physics backs that argument. Science no longer defines physical law in the sense of an active set rules that tell nature what to do (as seen in chapter one). The sentiment is gospel in science. A Canadian Physicist, Byron Jennings, expresses it like this: “It is worth commenting that that laws of nature and laws of man are completely different beasts and it is unfortunate that they are given the same name. The so called laws of nature are descriptive. They describe regularities that have been observed in nature. They have no prescriptive value. In contrast, the laws of man are prescriptive, not descriptive.” 1 Santo D’Agostino tells us, “...[T]he laws of science are not like the laws in our legal systems. They are descriptive, not prescriptive.” 2 Co...