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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Logic question
If object A is completely "wet" and object B is completely "dry," is it correct to say that object A is "wetter" than B?
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Anonymous is it correct to say that object A is "wetter" than B? It is scientifically correct, but only a very few nit-picking pendantics would insist on it, the preference of most reasonable people being instead to use "wetter" when there is evidence of B's being at least a little wet. CJ
- Anonymous is it correct to say that object A is "wetter" than B?
- It is scientifically correct, but only a very few nit-picking pendantics would insist on it, the preference of most reasonable people being instead to use "wetter" when there is evidence of B's being at least a little wet.
- CJ
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Anonymousis it correct to say that object A is "wetter" than B?It is scientifically correct, but only a very few nit-picking pendantics would insist on it, the preference of most reasonable people being instead to use "wetter" when there is evidence of B's being at least a little wet.
CJ
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I think it's correct because, in a way, "dry" and "wet" are relative terms.
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Being a person who sleeps in logic, I don't see it being technically correct .
If something goes from completely wet to completely dry, it pretty much went through a complete spectrum where several stages of dampness exists before it reaches complete dryness. It's in between that varying dampness and dryness that we can apply a comparison. Therefore A is wetter than B is illogical as B h
If something goes from completely wet to completely dry, it pretty much went through a complete spectrum where several stages of dampness exists before it reaches complete dryness. It's in between that varying dampness and dryness that we can apply a comparison. Therefore A is wetter than B is illogical as B h
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Hi,
Perhaps you need to be careful in speaking of 'moisture content'.
eg When I use a towel after I shower and then say that I'm dry, I don't mean that my body has no moisture content. I'm concerned only with my outer surface.
Perhaps you need to be careful in speaking of 'moisture content'.
eg When I use a towel after I shower and then say that I'm dry, I don't mean that my body has no moisture content. I'm concerned only with my outer surface.
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Hi,
I was only making a reference based on the original sentence. I am fully aware of the difference between "dampness" and "moisture". We can definitely make a separate discussion on the distinction between moisutre, humidity and dampness.
I was only making a reference based on the original sentence. I am fully aware of the difference between "dampness" and "moisture". We can definitely make a separate discussion on the distinction between moisutre, humidity and dampness.
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