"Then assuming that the sun will not supernovae in the near future"

If you do not know if it will explode before tomorrow or not, how can you prove it will rise tomorrow?

That's the problem I am having with this argument. For the sun not to rise, gravity would have to stop working, the sun would have to stop being self-luminous, or it would have to cease to exist, or something in space must block it or an asteroid must hit earth or this or that ad infinitum.

Is it possible to prove the sun will rise tomorrow? I have shyed away from trying to prove it, because now I am beginning to think that maybe we cannot prove it.

Unless we have as one of our axioms "The laws of physics will never change" or something of that effect. But can I prove that an astroid will not hit earth before tomorrow? I don't know.

What do you guys think?

• Proof from data analysis - yanniru - February 7, 2002 - 14:42 UTC
  • That's one down - bladesinger - February 7, 2002 - 21:42 UTC
    • Yes - yanniru - February 7, 2002 - 21:58 UTC
      • Okay, now what about... - bladesinger - February 7, 2002 - 22:51 UTC
        • I want to go back in the high IQ group again...please? - something - February 8, 2002 - 04:31 UTC
          • Premises are given - yanniru - February 8, 2002 - 14:35 UTC
            • Yup - bladesinger - February 12, 2002 - 02:17 UTC
              • Depends on your definition of proof - yanniru - February 12, 2002 - 14:54 UTC
          • Gee. How am I supposed to take that? - bladesinger - February 12, 2002 - 02:13 UTC
            • Yes maybe - something - February 13, 2002 - 05:33 UTC
              • Whatever. - bladesinger - February 13, 2002 - 18:03 UTC
        • There's plenty of possible events - harvey1 - February 9, 2002 - 00:51 UTC