Want To Make The Half-Full / Half-Empty Question A Moot Point?

Question

Here is a short (half-page essay) entry in my blog:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-ma0Kzc0wabJ26x74IAyK9EchcjhMP002qCz_

It will take you a half-minute to read. Please read it before giving anyone your reply to this ages old question.

You people answering half-full or half-empty aren't actually taking the time to read the short essay, are you? No container is ever anything but completely full.

Answer 1

Sorry, all that has to be done is to rephrase the question." Is this container either half full or half empty of liquid?"

Answer 2

God this question is so simple. You went way too deep man. If the glass is empty...and I fill it 1/2 way with water then it is half FULL. If I fill it all the way up with water.....then dump half out..then it is half EMPTY.

I mean your take is totally correct....the whole air thing and all. But a layman would not want to hear that. That is why I stick to my answer.

Answer 3

I agree with the poster before me. It is better to be half full, than half empty.

Answer 4

Who cares as long as there is something in the glass in the first place?
Half is better than nothing.