Every fundamental law has exceptions. But you still need the law or else all you have is observations that don't make sense. And that's not science. That's just taking notes.
From: Robert Krulwich. "Nature Has A Formula That Tells Us When It's Time To Die," at npr.org, Jan. 22, 2013.
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