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Originally Posted by Shkspr
You can actually use god damn semantic nonsense to prove a straw has zero holes with a simple demonstration.
1) Take a straw and poke a hole in the side of the straw halfway between the two ends.
2) Attempt to use the straw normally and see how the hole in the side of the straw impedes proper use.
3) Ask your students why the straw isn't working and get the response, "There's a hole in the straw."
4) If a straw doesn't have zero holes to begin with, then why wasn't the students' answer, "There's a second (or third) hole in the straw?"
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Covering up any one of the 3 holes would return the straw to a more proper functioning definition, correct?