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Believe it or not (Posted on 2003-03-25) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Is the following sentence technically true or false?

    The sun will rise tomorrow morning.

See The Solution Submitted by Gautam    
Rating: 2.1818 (11 votes)

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re: The official solution is entirely mistaken | Comment 24 of 27 |
(In reply to The official solution is entirely mistaken by Penny)

While I agree with Penny that the solution is mistaken (and happily rely on the authority of the esteemed Asimov), I believe if one looks at the context of Asimov's statement, that he is not invoking Occam's Razor, but rather, Einstein's theory of General relativity which, among other things, shows that no frame of reference is in any way preferable over another.

(Therefore, it *is* just as true to say that the sun rotates around the earth as it is to say that the world revolves around ME! ;-)
  Posted by SilverKnight on 2004-03-07 03:42:08

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