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How many holes does a straw have?

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How many holes does a straw have?
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 4:32 pm
I believe a straw is topologically identical to a torus. So, it has one hole.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 4:51 pm
(August 19, 2018 at 2:49 am)ignoramus Wrote: I put it in the philosophy section because all 3 answers can be right depending on your philosophical outlook.

0?
1?
2?

other? Dunno

I instinctively said 2, then realized I'm an idiot!

Any one of the three answers has a very compelling case to be made for it.

Zero: It is merely a tube with a material lining to make it usable, and the connotations we have for "hole" need not apply.
One: The connotations we have for whole need apply, as the hollow center is itself a hole.
Two: Just look at both ends!

It's alarmingly hard to make up one's mind about the answer. Well, as long as I can still draw my milkshake through it when I go to Red Robin's.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:18 pm
(August 19, 2018 at 2:58 pm)chimp3 Wrote:
(August 19, 2018 at 11:16 am)Mr.Obvious Wrote: So The human body doesn't have any holes, technically speaking?

I had an MD explain to me that the human G.I. tract is a hollow tube through the body but not considered to be the inside of our body. If something is swallowed, such as poison or food, it is still outside our body until it enters the bloodstream.

Yeah, that was what I was getting at too, but less scientificky.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:34 pm (This post was last modified: August 19, 2018 at 5:36 pm by ignoramus.)
Who agrees that a test tube and a straw both have exactly 1 hole?

Doesn't make sense does it?
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:42 pm
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:53 pm
(August 19, 2018 at 5:34 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Who agrees that a test tube and a straw both have exactly 1 hole?

Doesn't make sense does it?

Makes sense if you accept there are multiple types of hole.
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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 5:53 pm (This post was last modified: August 19, 2018 at 5:54 pm by vorlon13.)
Indeed

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RE: How many holes does a straw have?
August 19, 2018 at 6:34 pm (This post was last modified: August 19, 2018 at 6:35 pm by Fireball.)
(August 19, 2018 at 4:32 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I believe a straw is topologically identical to a torus. So, it has one hole.

We have a winner! Just because the straw is thinner, doesn't make these two non-equivalent, topologically.
(August 19, 2018 at 5:53 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Indeed

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