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I don't agree that is quite strong. He starts with a number of purely subjective requirements that make Fahrenheit look good and ignores all other use cases. Su

I don't agree that is quite strong. He starts with a number of purely subjective requirements that make Fahrenheit look good and ignores all other use cases. Such as centering the zero around the freezing point of water is quite useful, since it makes it obvious when one has to deal with frozen water in various variants.

guenthert 6y ago
Further, the melting point of water can readily be reproduced with astonishing precision, which is often sufficient for the calibration of temperature sensors.
viklove 6y ago
People cite this as a reason so often, but is it really so hard to remember the number 32? The boiling point of water is something I think more people tend to forget, but no one ever cites that as a reason to use SI... It seems like the crux of the argument is just that the US drools and Europe rules and haha aren't Americans so stupid? Fahrenheit is honestly more useful, because 0 is uncomfortably cold and 100 is uncomfortably hot. Trying to figure out what temperature I need a jacket or AC for in Centigrade requires a lot more memorization -- and it's something I deal with far more on a day to day basis...
- welterde 6y ago
  The argument for using SI is simply that you are a) using the same units as everyone else b) using a set of units that connect neatly together so one can actually do meaningful calculations with them. And °C is not part of SI either, but is only a constant offset away from Kelvin - which is. And why is 0 is uncomfortably cold and 100 is uncomfortably hot more useful? Same thing as in the article.. avoiding negative numbers - why?
  - viklove 6y ago
    Because it tells me when I need a jacket or I need to turn the AC on... Things that I actually care about in my day-to-day living.
    - welterde 6y ago
      The rest of the world can do the same just fine with Celsius? And didn't really answer my question either..

guenthert 6y ago

Further, the melting point of water can readily be reproduced with astonishing precision, which is often sufficient for the calibration of temperature sensors.

viklove 6y ago

People cite this as a reason so often, but is it really so hard to remember the number 32? The boiling point of water is something I think more people tend to forget, but no one ever cites that as a reason to use SI... It seems like the crux of the argument is just that the US drools and Europe rules and haha aren't Americans so stupid? Fahrenheit is honestly more useful, because 0 is uncomfortably cold and 100 is uncomfortably hot. Trying to figure out what temperature I need a jacket or AC for in Centigrade requires a lot more memorization -- and it's something I deal with far more on a day to day basis...

welterde 6y ago
The argument for using SI is simply that you are a) using the same units as everyone else b) using a set of units that connect neatly together so one can actually do meaningful calculations with them. And °C is not part of SI either, but is only a constant offset away from Kelvin - which is. And why is 0 is uncomfortably cold and 100 is uncomfortably hot more useful? Same thing as in the article.. avoiding negative numbers - why?
- viklove 6y ago
  Because it tells me when I need a jacket or I need to turn the AC on... Things that I actually care about in my day-to-day living.
  - welterde 6y ago
    The rest of the world can do the same just fine with Celsius? And didn't really answer my question either..