Is The Glass Half Full Or Half Empty?
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<div class="IPBDescription">ponder ponder</div> Is the glass half full or half empty?
If the glass was half full it would imply that the volume of water has increased to reach the 50% mark.
Whereas if it was half empty, water would have been removed to allow the water to occupy 50% of the volume of the glass.
So to determine whether the glass is half full or half empty, you need to know whether the volume of water has increased or decreased to reach the halfway point.
GG logic ^^
If the glass was half full it would imply that the volume of water has increased to reach the 50% mark.
Whereas if it was half empty, water would have been removed to allow the water to occupy 50% of the volume of the glass.
So to determine whether the glass is half full or half empty, you need to know whether the volume of water has increased or decreased to reach the halfway point.
GG logic ^^
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If you were given a full glass of water, and removed 50%, then it's half empty.
I think it depends whether I'm thirsty or not, forced to drink, taking medication... etc etc etc etc etc
etc
I know, Im weird
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Break The Glass!
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Sensible answer. Unlike some peoples answers.
Well if you want to analyse it on a molecular level, the glass is always full, because there is always one type of molecule occupying the inside of the glass (and the glass itself for that matter (and everything outside the glass too if you really want to get anal about it))
Because an optimist is a positive person, and a pessimist is sinister and follows Murphy's Laws of ... Something.
If the glass was half the size (same amount of water) it would be either twice-half-full or twice-half-epmty
twice-half-full = full
twice-half-empty = once empty = empty.
so the glass is half full otherwise you couldn't cut the glass in half while keeping a logical amount of water. Or something <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
Because an optimist is a positive person, and a pessimist is sinister and follows Murphy's Laws of ... Something. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I personally consider the glass to be half full but it's some body elses glass.
70% of your body is occupied by water.
But I say "my body is 30% empty!!"
.....yeah.
But as the 50% of the water has been drunk or spilled, it is in a stage of de-filling now... <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
You have your glass... at EMPTY the volume of the glass equals 0 and at FULL the volume equals 10.
Now you have your volume in the glass that is equal to 5 ... half... now since we all know how to round boys and girls, we know that 5 rounds to 10 and doesn't round to 0 so the glass is therefore HALF FULL.
End of discussion!
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Anyway, its both half full, as the half of it that has water is full of water, presumably, and its half empty as it half of it is empty air stuff.