Does a Scientific Theory have the same status, lesser status, or greater status as a law?
This is where most people go awry. Most people would say that a scientific theory is just somebody’s idea and it has not been proven yet. In other words, it has a lesser status than a law, principle, or fact. However, this is not the case. It is true that a theory is someone’s idea. But, it is an idea that gives an interpretation of a set of proven laws. A theory must be tested and proven correct before it is accepted as a “scientific theory.” For example, Einstein’s special theory of Relativity is an interpretation of a certain set of laws; one law being that the speed of light is constant regardless of your reference frame. It was a radical theory that was not fully accepted until it was tested. It stands today as the second most tested theory. It is proven thousands of times a day in particle accelerators. In our scenario, a theory could be that the red light produces a field that prohibits the objects from moving, the yellow light produces a field but it is weaker, so they only slo
