There’s “Law of Physics” and there’s “Human Law”, which I think might be getting confused here.
Right. Also “Iron Law” sometimes seen as a strong tendency but not provably universal. Mixing them up is an error which is easy to make when “Law” is used without qualifiers.
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There’s “Law of Physics” and there’s “Human Law”, which I think might be getting confused here.
Right. Also “Iron Law” sometimes seen as a strong tendency but not provably universal. Mixing them up is an error which is easy to make when “Law” is used without qualifiers.