Talk:Is the glass half empty or half full?

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For riveting arguments regarding whether the glass is half full or half empty, please see the archive:

[edit] Significance

Is there at all any history on this question? And does it really have any significance to philosophy at all, or even a glimpse of a relation to non-trivial philosophy?

No, it doesn't. So I removed the philosophy tags. (Alas, your link doesn't work - I was very curious!) Thomas Ash 00:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

McKenzie & Nelson (2002) published experiments showing that preferences for using "half empty" or "half full" depended on what state the glass originally had been into (empty or full). In general, "empty" lead to "half full" and "full" lead to "half empty". - Anonymous

Now that's the most helpful thing that's been said on this talk page. Thanks! Melchoir 04:29, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
We went thru this in the archive material. The question has nothing to do with glasses of liquid. It applies philosophically to questions of whether a situation or event is an advantage or a disadvantage. --Tysto 18:12, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Speculation is bad. Find sources. Melchoir 18:19, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


I'll just add that, to an engineer, the glass is twice the size it needs to be. Bunthorne 05:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question mark?

Shouldn't the title have one? Thomas Ash 19:25, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Question mark ~ Oni Lukos ct 15:18, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
Ah right, couldn't we use % 3 F ? Thomas Ash 01:25, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] An Answer to the Question

I never understood the rhetorical value of the half empty/half full question, since the answer depends on the initial volume of the glass prior to being half empty/full. If the water was raised to the halfway mark, it is half full; if it was lowered, it is half empty. Of course, due to evaporation the water level is always lowering, so I suppose technically it would be half empty no matter what.

Damn, now I'm depressed.
Wikilackey 02:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't really matter, you can always refill ~:D- -- DJiTH 02:04, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Depends - The way I see it, if you put some stuff in the glass it is half full, but if you are pouring out the liquid it is half empty.

A glass is supposed to be filled. So, if you've got some water to fill.. go ahead! --84.249.253.201 15:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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