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The freezing and boiling point of water is nearly as arbitrary as the freezing/boiling points of iron to my daily life. For science, sure, °C is nice, but for
by donatj 10y ago
The freezing and boiling point of water is nearly as arbitrary as the freezing/boiling points of iron to my daily life.
For science, sure, °C is nice, but for common day to day use, which is the majority of temperature use, °C is senseless. I do not freeze at 0°C, I live in Minnesota and that is shorts weather. I do not boil at 100°C, I'd have been dead for a while. It's useless. Fahrenheit is much better at representing everyday life, the range in which I can be comfortable, below 0 or above 100 I'm better off staying in doors.
- CydeWeys 10y agoThe freezing point of water has a very significant impact on your daily life (specifically, it marks the demarcation line between rain and snow). It makes way more sense for it to be at zero than at some random number like 32. Also, don't forget that temperature is important for a lot more than just the air temperature. It's also used in cooking, where the boiling temperature of water matters a lot. Every morning I heat water to 98C to make coffee, or 85C to make green tea.
- yxhuvud 10y agoYou never cook stuff or puts stuff in the freezer in your daily life? Yikes.
- donatj 10y agoI do but I'm not watching it thermometer for it to happen. I either apply heat until it boils or throw something in the freezer.