Cecil Moore wrote:
Dave Heil wrote:
Sunrise and sunset are simply names we've given to that which you've
described.

Those words were coined when the human race believed
that the sun actually traveled across the sky each
day. The sun "rising" means the sun is moving but
that is just an illusion.

The terms are used by meteorologists and scientists as well as laymen.
Yet I know of no one who believes the Sun is moving across the sky.
My logging program tells me both Sunset and Sunrise times for distant
locations. It references no illusion. It simply uses those terms.
What do you call the period when the Sun first becomes visible each day?
What do you call the period at the end of each day, when the Sun ceases
to be seen? Do you actually refer to the illusion of Sunrise or the
illusion of Sunset?

You seem to believe that illusions don't exist in
reality.

On the contrary, Cecil. I've often seen own attempts at being an
illusionist. You have told a number of folks about your being a 300,000
foot tall alien.

That very belief is an illusion.

....except I've not expressed such a belief.

Dave K8MN