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Explain why a law is accepted as fact, but a theory is not.

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Theories are not accepted as fact because new information or technology can show that the theory is incomplete or incorrect. A law is accepted as fact because no exceptions have ever been found.

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because a law is proven, a theory is just an explanation that may not be correct.

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