A scientist in New York and a scientist in California both conducted independent investigations that produced similar results. What does this mean about the data that was collected?

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anonymous · Answer

Select one:
a. The findings are considered stronger and more reliable.
b. The scientists will have to compete for the credit for this discovery.
c. The scientific community will vote on the name of any resulting theory, in order to keep things fair.
d. The findings are automatically promoted to a law because they were proven by two different scientists.

jfraser · Answer

only one option is even remotely close to reasonable. Try to narrow down your choices by eliminating the one or two that automatically don't make sense

anonymous · Answer

ohh I thinks its D but im not sure

jfraser · Answer

a scientific law isn't something that people come up with one day, then "laws" change and it's no longer true. a scientific law has to be PROVEN that it can never fail any test ever devised for it. the results of the two different experiments might agree with each other very well, but it's not a law