Lets all solve a riddle

Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:02 pm

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Is the glass half empty or half full?

I wonder...

Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:14 pm

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Only around 40% of the volume of that transparent tumbler is occupied by a clear liquid.

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Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:55 pm

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Well, it it were 50/50, then in this case I'd say it'd be half empty. At least I can't see any indication of it being filled at the moment.

If glass is in the process of being filled --> glass is half full
If glass is in the process of being emptied --> glass is half empty
If glass just stands somewhere lonely and forgotten, with nothing happening to the liquid within, it is probably half empty (= someone was in the process of drinking from it, but left).
If glass just materializes out of thin air somehow with liquid already in it, it's half full. Clearly the materializer failed to fill it completely.

Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:06 pm

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Curse your optimism test!

I was thinking this was an attempt to revive the old riddle thread we had here!

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Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:49 pm

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hmm...wouldnt it be 100% full? half of it has water in it and air occupies the other :redd:

(you only asked if it was half filled or half empty but you never asked if the glass was half full/empty with water or half full/empty with air thus i can only conclude both must occupy the glass's space.) :godot:

Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:20 pm

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Cold52 wrote:

hmm...wouldnt it be 100% full? half of it has water in it and air occupies the other :redd:

(you only asked if it was half filled or half empty but you never asked if the glass was half full/empty with water or half full/empty with air thus i can only conclude both must occupy the glass's space.) :godot:

You are assuming that the space that the glass is in isn't a vacuum.

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Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:14 am

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sumguy28 wrote:

Cold52 wrote:

hmm...wouldnt it be 100% full? half of it has water in it and air occupies the other :redd:

(you only asked if it was half filled or half empty but you never asked if the glass was half full/empty with water or half full/empty with air thus i can only conclude both must occupy the glass's space.) :godot:

You are assuming that the space that the glass is in isn't a vacuum.

nope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7nsZkVZc0
a video for you to show you it couldnt be the case.

Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:26 am

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Cold52 wrote:

sumguy28 wrote:

Cold52 wrote:

hmm...wouldnt it be 100% full? half of it has water in it and air occupies the other :redd:

(you only asked if it was half filled or half empty but you never asked if the glass was half full/empty with water or half full/empty with air thus i can only conclude both must occupy the glass's space.) :godot:

You are assuming that the space that the glass is in isn't a vacuum.

nope...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7nsZkVZc0
a video for you to show you it couldnt be the case.

Huh. The more I know.

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Re: Lets all solve a riddle

Sun Mar 22, 2015 9:40 am

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If we consider the question being "is the glass half full or half empty of water" then my answer is both at the same time.

In the language I speak as my mother tongue, we can just say "Lasi on puolillaan", the word "puolillaan" meaning half of the glass is occupied by a substance. That effectively means that I can use a word that does not say either "half full" or "half empty" because the latter word is unneeded.

So thus, the glass is puolillaan. Good luck figuring out what that makes of me.

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