2007-04-14 17:07:11 · 14 answers · asked by ? 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
NO-- you haven't lied. The earth turns on it's axis and rotates.
It was shining on the other side of the world.
It is always shining somewhere and brighter in some than others.
2007-04-14 17:22:41 · answer #1 · answered by lana s 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That depends on point of view. Technically the sun is shining SOMEWHERE at any time you of day or night, just not necessarily where a person is at the time. Also there are places where, at certain times of the year the sun does not actualy set and it gets only about as dark as dusk. ALSO, technically, the light from the moon is actually reflected sunlight as the moon does not generate it's own luminessence. Therefore, if, on a cloudliess night, at midnight you tell me the sun is shining, you would be quite correct.
2007-04-16 02:49:43 · answer #2 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ... the sun is always shinning somewhere ... just not where you're standing on a 'cloudless night at midnight'!
2007-04-15 00:16:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because the sun always shines
2007-04-15 00:19:54 · answer #4 · answered by aussie_pete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No because objectively it is shining, the people who think that it is not shining for them are just purely delusioned, and the sun isn't for anyone, it will always shine as long as it wants. :-)
2007-04-15 00:21:46 · answer #5 · answered by Seyfert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because in your reality anything could signfy the sun and in your reality it is shining.
In your mind there is nothing false about this statement,the mind can create almost anything and that is true for you.
Secondly it would be shining here in Australia at that time.
2007-04-15 00:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by rusalka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, no. Though, a statement of this type is usually considered to be a statement of ones present location, not some pedantic word-play.
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2007-04-15 00:20:26 · answer #7 · answered by Costy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The situation you speak of is not necessarily an exact representation of your situation. It is however an approximation that is relative to whomever hears your outcry.
2007-04-15 00:20:41 · answer #8 · answered by Drew K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but you have just guessed that it must be shining somewhere else and assumed that your guess must be right.
2007-04-15 00:16:34 · answer #9 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is just shining somehwere else ..
Not bad!
2007-04-15 00:14:35 · answer #10 · answered by Miss Know It All 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋