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The age-old question: Is the glass half-empty or half-full?

Answer: Both and neither, depending on how the glass is being viewed. The glass is half-empty AND half-full, assuming that is undeniably “half.” For and analogy, when a persons squats, is that person sitting or standing? Hmm… hard to tell (without drifting off into the technicalities of the definitions of the two positions). Now as to neither, a state of perfect neutrality is extremely difficult to maintain. Therefore, if even one particle becomes out of place, the contents of the glass lose their “half” status. Also, no glass is ever truly “full.” This is because every atom is mostly empty space, which puts “half-full” out of the question.  Neither is any glas…

About Me:

The age-old question: Is the glass half-empty or half-full?

Answer: Both and neither, depending on how the glass is being viewed. The glass is half-empty AND half-full, assuming that is undeniably “half.” For and analogy, when a persons squats, is that person sitting or standing? Hmm… hard to tell (without drifting off into the technicalities of the definitions of the two positions). Now as to neither, a state of perfect neutrality is extremely difficult to maintain. Therefore, if even one particle becomes out of place, the contents of the glass lose their “half” status. Also, no glass is ever truly “full.” This is because every atom is mostly empty space, which puts “half-full” out of the question.  Neither is any glass ever truly “half-empty,” because even if only the bottom half of the glass contains a substance, the top half of the glass is still “full” of air! An empty cup? No such thing exists.  Just some food for thought…