Is The Glass ½ Full Or ½ Empty?

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

We've discussed this age old question often..coming up with this: the glass...presently performing it's main function...ie: to contain some liquid...it is both: half full and/or half empty.

Either way? The glass is 1st of all...after initially filled: now one half full from it's original state...being now only one half remaining inside, it is as well, both: now 1/2 empty...and therefore equally...now-half full (remaining content at 1/2 of it's original quantity.)

In either observation? One has one 1/2 a glass of content.

originally posted by: rukia
The glass is an illusion because solid matter doesn't really exist

You beat me to it. Yes There is no glass.

How can so many people not see the obvious. The glass is just to damn big!

As a couple of members have pointed out, the glass is exactly twice the size it needs to be to hold the volume of liquid which has been poured into it.

It is half full if you fill it half full of water.

It is half empty if you dump half the water out of it.

You're welcome.

Both.

Those two propositions are not mutually exclusive.

It is not the glass that is half-full or half-empty. It is you.

originally posted by: LevelHeaded
As a couple of members have pointed out, the glass is exactly twice the size it needs to be to hold the volume of liquid which has been poured into it.

Who said they were done pouring?

-or-

Maybe the glass is perfectly designed to expect an unexpected increase of liquid?

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

The glass is too big.

Sorry for restating the answer.

The glass is half empty. More room for rum.

Either way I don't think it matters much. If the creek or well is running near dry and I only have a half a glass left, I'm not gonna be too happy or encouraged until it rains again.

So it depends on the reserves you have as to whether or not you have a positive outlook.
I guess the optimist will keep saying the rains will come with peace and a smile on their face?

half empty of fluid and half full of air

a pessimist is an informed optimist

It's both...

But at the same time it is preference.

But, literally, it is both. It is half full, and half empty.

If something is half full, then there is empty space, meaning some portion of it is empty.

Edit:

If you want to fill it up with air, instead of liquid, then it's once again half full and half empty.

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

it is relative to the state the glass initially began in, the time frame the question is pertaining to, and what you are asking it is full of
if the glass began full
it is half empty
if the glass began empty
then it is half full
(of whatever it is you are asking about)

the question as it stands does not provide enough information to deduce a proper answer

If you're in the process of emptying it, it's half empty. If you're in the process of filling it, it's half full.

originally posted by: trollz
If you're in the process of emptying it, it's half empty. If you're in the process of filling it, it's half full.

Then what about the other half of EMPTY space when filling?

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

It depends on how dark a place we are in. In total darkness the glass is empty, unless we are motivated to feel for it. In which case, we may discover it empty or full..

but the darkness always creates the illusion of it being empty, until we change ourselves to discover the truth.

originally posted by: trollz
If you're in the process of emptying it, it's half empty. If you're in the process of filling it, it's half full.

Hahaha cannot argue this logic at all !!

GG

lol

Depends on the state of the glass before reaching the halfway state.

If the glass was empty then filled halfway it is half full.

If the glass was full and emptied half way it is half empty.

Guess that makes me a literalist.

a reply to: soulpowertothendegree

Perhaps it is still being poured...