Quote Originally Posted by JumpingJack View Post
As far as you know is correct, Moore's Law is not actually a law, it is just a silly observation. Gordon Moore plotted the transistor density (or costs) vs a time scale and the slope derived Moore's Law. Nothing fundamentally drives Moore's Law in a physics related concept, it is purely economical.
just a silly observation? then i guess the same could be said for any law.

and no you can not decouple physics from moore's law. physics is fundamental to understanding the natural world. MOS transistors would be a part of that set.