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It is a philosophical problem that must be addressed before we move on....
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

But is there a glass, after all??? 


Define "all". Wink


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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

But is there a glass, after all??? 


Define "all". Wink
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But is there a glass, after all??? 
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

I believe the correct answer is yes.

LOL . I think it's half-full because the water is present in the glass. Whether the glass is there or not, I wouldn't know that.


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I think I must be a neutralist because it is both.Probably explains why I can never get the right attitude about life, if there is such a thing anyway.


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Whoever heard of an optimist drowning their sorrows anyway?
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A glass is not defined by what it's made of, but rather by its function.  Moreover, I think claiming a glass to be EITHER half full or half empty is bound to be inaccurate, unless you've done a precise measurement of the volume of the glass and the contents (or lack of) therein.  Finding the percent "fullness" of the glass can be easily achieved with a pocket calculator after that (target: 50%)
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I swear I will come through,
With my hands stretching out in the dark,
With my eye pressed up tight to the glass,
Wondering if it's all been true.
He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:



Then, it leads us to an important: what is the glass made of?

Well, in English we sometimes refer to one made of plastic as a glass.  That should clarify the question. Tongue
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If it's been filled halfway, it's half full. If it's been emptied halfway, it's half empty.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Half full or half empty of what?
One can say the glass is half full of air and half full of water, after all.

The glass just is.  The water and air are irrelevant...


Then, it leads us to an important: what is the glass made of?
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Depends on what it's filled with.
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The glass is nothing without being and with being it is. It can only be half it is a half of a glass.Wink


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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The glass is nothing. 
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Originally posted by CPicard CPicard wrote:

Half full or half empty of what?
One can say the glass is half full of air and half full of water, after all.

The glass just is.  The water and air are irrelevant...
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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

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It's two times larger than it should be, of course.
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Half full or half empty of what?
One can say the glass is half full of air and half full of water, after all.
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