I love it. In fact, I thought of this years ago and have just continued to wait until someone asked it the glass was half full or half empty, so I could give my neither-optimistic-nor-pessimistic version, but one that transcends both!
Of course, being a scientist myself, I have always been worried with the flaw in an otherwise beautiful and unexpected answer. For a while I almost changed my stock answer to "It's less than 1 percent full, actually about a billion times less. But I love the "all full" answer so much better.
I did appreciate Gupta's "twice the size it needs to be" comment...
Nevertheless, the glass *is* half full of water the second most important substance of our lives. How is it that so many people forget the glass is also half full of air - *the* most important substance in our lives!!!!
Of course, being a scientist myself, I have always been worried with the flaw in an otherwise beautiful and unexpected answer. For a while I almost changed my stock answer to "It's less than 1 percent full, actually about a billion times less. But I love the "all full" answer so much better.
I did appreciate Gupta's "twice the size it needs to be" comment...
Nevertheless, the glass *is* half full of water the second most important substance of our lives. How is it that so many people forget the glass is also half full of air - *the* most important substance in our lives!!!!