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37C as the universal would put these parts permanently in negative temperatures. Freezing point of water is a good one especially when you think of the effect i

• buran77 6y ago
  True, one of the disadvantages I was thinking of is truly high magnitude lows and low highs. The scale would reasonably go from -100 to +15. It would be a universally familiar 0 point. I do agree that water freezing is a very practical point or reference if there's ever been one.
  • Dylan16807 6y ago
    I don't think body temperature is very familiar in any other context. Nothing feels special about that temperature when I walk outside; it's just somewhere in the middle of "too hot". Room temperature has benefits as a basis point, water freezing does too, everything else is much more arbitrary.
    • buran77 6y ago
      > Nothing feels special about that temperature when I walk outside; it's just somewhere in the middle of "too hot". It's probably worse then that since "real feel" is strongly influenced by humidity or wind. What I meant is that body temperature is more or less universally applicable to all humans, something relatable but with no benefit over the freezing point of water. Room temperature isn't that much better. It's a bit more useful than body temperature but far less precise, could be anything between 18 and 24 C depending on who you ask.