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The only fraction everyone trusts, which is exactly why it gets abused most.
means One of two equal parts that together make a whole.
from From Old English 'healf,' which actually meant 'side' as much as 'part' — you can still feel that in phrases like 'on my half' (my side). It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root, 'halbaz,' of uncertain deeper origin, related to words across the Germanic languages for 'half' and 'side' alike — suggesting the oldest sense wasn't precise math at all, but simply the notion of one flank of something facing another.
- math reality
- Means exactly one of two equal parts
- rhetoric trick
- Half-truths persuade better than full lies
- etymology
- Old English healf meant side, not split
- glass test
- Full or empty is really about mood