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> Almost Sokal-ish in its attempt to borrow some relevance. Zero C is not very special. Zero Kelvin is! I am sorry if I give the impression of nitpicking but I
by johnchristopher 9y ago
> Almost Sokal-ish in its attempt to borrow some relevance. Zero C is not very special. Zero Kelvin is!
I am sorry if I give the impression of nitpicking but I live in a Celsius world and zero c is special because it means water freezes. (and snow instead of rain)
- andlier 9y agoZero Kelvin is still a different league of special scientifically speaking.
- cdancette 9y agoIt's special in our human world, but not in thermodynamics / physics. Water is just a molecule like all the others, it's not special. Whereas 0K is the absolute minimum temperature, so that's a really special value!
- johnchristopher 9y agoI'd say water freezing is still interesting thermodynamics/physics :). (But I agree 0K is another kind of mark)
- dan-0 9y agoI see where your coming from here, and by all means 0 °C is more significant than say 0 °F. But water freezing at 0 °C is far less "special" than everything freezing at 0 K
- johnchristopher 9y agoSheesh, people... is the downvote really necessary ?