One of the principle objectives of physics is to try to explain events we observe in the World around us, such as falling rock or the melting of ice. Scientists search for some underlying order, commonly called Laws of Nature, which can be used to explain the behavior of observed phenomenon.

The history of science has shown that the Laws of Science are not identical with Nature since our so called Laws are constantly shifting and evolving as new methods and instruments improve our ability to probe the Universe. As disconcerting as it may be, it would be folly to believe that the current Laws of Science represent some absolute truth about nature that will not be superseded in the future.

Rather than being the TRUTH, the Laws of Science reflect a mathematical, conceptual model - constructed by man from empirical observations - to fatefully mirror phenomenon as closely as possible. There may be absolute Laws of Nature, but the Laws of Science are only approximations of the order by which Nature operates.

There is always some set of conditions over which any Laws of Science make predictions that are not close to the actual observations. The Laws of Science, at their very best, only closely parallel the Real World with in a limited range of applicability. Beyond this range, the Law no give satisfactory prediction of actual observation. Then New Laws have to be sought that will either modify or replace the old Laws with an improved approximation.

Example:
Newton's Laws of Motion faithfully reflect the motion of a body as long as the speed of the body is small compared to the speed of light. When the speed approaches the speed of light, Einstein's Theory of Relativity predicts results closer to the actual values measured than Newton's Laws of Motion predict. The Theory of Relativity is itself only a better approximation with a bigger but still limited range over which it can be applied.

Both Relativity Theory and Newton's Laws give inaccurate predictions when trying to explain the behavior of matter on the atomic scale. In this range, a model call Quantum Mechanics has proven to make more accurate predictions. None of the well-established Laws of Science represent the Absolute Truth about Nature, but they are very close likenesses of Nature under certain conditions.