Exactly - or the next action. The question “is the glass half full or empty” is a false dichotomy, the answer is: it is impossible to know without further info.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How exactly does it depend on next action? Is it half full by that logic if next action would be to fill it up further?

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes. If the next action is to add it’s half full, if to remove it’s half empty. If nothing then it depends on the previous actions.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So the glass is in a quantum superposition until an entity decides to act on it

[–] whereisk@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

That’s funny. But the glass is not in a superposition, the answer to the question is. It’s a glass that contains water and is just sitting there observable by all probably sick of being subject to stupid questions that have no meaningful answer.