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I'm a big proponent of SI in general, and in scientific settings Celsius or Kelvin makes perfect sense; Fahrenheit wins in daily life, however. With a given de
by daeken 8y ago
I'm a big proponent of SI in general, and in scientific settings Celsius or Kelvin makes perfect sense; Fahrenheit wins in daily life, however. With a given degree representing a smaller change, you're able to much more accurately guesstimate and round the figures. It also more easily maps onto behavior/feeling. 0 degrees Fahrenheit? Cold as hell. 100 degrees Fahrenheit? Hot as hell. 0 degrees Celsius? Pretty cold. 100 degrees Celsius? Death.
- tempestn 8y agoI really think it's what you're used to. I have an intuitive sense of what temperatures from around -25 to +40C feel like (roughly the range I've experienced, plus a bit), and nearly no intuitive feel for a temperature in Fahrenheit without conversion. Also, it's really not possible to differentiate between air temperatures with a difference of 1 degree C. Water temperatures maybe, with practice, but certainly not to a greater precision than 1 degree. So I'd say precision beyond that degree is wasted!