Is the glass half full or half empty?

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Empty and full are sorta opposite in meaning. Therefore we can say that the glass is both half empty and half full.

That was ez :cool:

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Reply 21

lerjj

The volume of water currently contained within the glass is exactly 50% of the volume of water that could possibly be contained within the glass.

V_{current}=\frac{1}{2} V_{maximum}

Problem solved.

Reply 22

Noble.

Ah, another thread posted in Philosophy that really belongs in Chat.

Reply 23

Kvothe the Arcane

Water is an elemen?

Original post by Noble.

Ah, another thread posted in Philosophy that really belongs in Chat.

Reply 24

How Are You?

Original post by keromedic

Water is an elemen?

:giggle:

Correction: Element*

Yes, water is one of the four elements in philosophical terms.

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/four-elements

Original post by Noble.

Ah, another thread posted in Philosophy that really belongs in Chat.

If you don't have anything useful to post in this thread. You should just walk away. Shoo Shoo.

Reply 25

RobML

It is both, multiple relativistic statements can be true for any absolute state

I've never studied philosophy though so maybe I'm talking bull****

Reply 26

Jubz1

Due to structure of the atoms, isn't pretty much everything empty space?

Reply 27

Noble.

Original post by How Are You?

Correction: Element*

Yes, water is one of the four elements in philosophical terms.

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/four-elements

If you don't have anything useful to post in this thread. You should just walk away. Shoo Shoo.

You should have read my comment as saying "This discussion isn't on anything useful philosophically and is just down to how you define "filled" - beyond that it's completely uninteresting and so is pretty much as mundane a 'philosophical' question can be"

Is that better?

Reply 28

spotify95

Definitely, half full, in my opinion. :smile:

Reply 29

TajwarC

Isn't it 99% empty because only 1% of the universe is matter :P

Reply 30

How Are You?

Original post by Noble.

LOL. You haven't contributed anything of substance to this philosophical side of the forum (I stalked your profile). And you're saying that this discussion is not interesting and a mundane philosophical question? Am i supposed to post only interesting philosophical questions? Are you expecting me to please you? Hah! Ridiculous! :rolleyes:

Try harder, troll.

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Both.

Original post by How Are You?

The glass can never be half empty. Because the other half is filled with air.

But it's a different story once you go outside the earth's atmosphere.

Hence, the optimist wins by default...

Your thoughts?

Considering that this analogy refers to the circumstances of man and his view on them, I think twists like "outside the earth's atmosphere" and "the other half has air" don't apply.

The glass is both half empty and half full. In other words,

0.5 = 1 - 0.5

Reply 33

Stinkum

It's both half full and half empty. It's like saying, is the nucleus of an iron atom composed of protons or neutrons? The question is thus rendered invalid, because the answer is both.

Reply 34

Invest

Whilst you guys were debating whether the water in the cup was half full or half empty, I drank it.

-Opportunist :smile:

Reply 35

Mackay

It's half full. Come on, let's be as positive as possible.

Reply 36

Muncey

Original post by How Are You?

Its not a different story outside the earths atmosphere at all, you've not defined 'empty'. Outside the earths atmosphere theres always atoms appearing and disappearing in an instant.

On the flip side to your answer you could argue that atoms are almost completely made up of nothing. So in fact the large majority would be.. nothing.

I think the more important question is how is this a philosophical discussion and not just smart arse answers?