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Farenheit’s the only part of the imperial system that makes sense given we primarily use it to convey how temperatures between humans. 0 is really cold, 100 is
by codyb 6y ago
Farenheit’s the only part of the imperial system that makes sense given we primarily use it to convey how temperatures between humans.
0 is really cold, 100 is really hot, 1/3 of the way from really cold to really hot is when water starts freezing.
Meanwhile, Celsius... too much variation per unit as you mention. And telling human temperatures on a scale based around the properties of water is a bit odd.
- hungryforcodes 6y agoWhen my pot is boiling its 100 degrees. When my ice tray starts freezing its zero degrees. I can look outside in winter an if it's raining I know it's not less than zero. How is that not incredibly useful?
- BoorishBears 6y agoBecause your pot boiling isn't really a useful measure for weather on Planet Earth quite just yet? Pretty much all of the scale from "hot day" to your pot boiling is wasted in reference to weather
- codyb 6y agoYou can look outside in winter and know that if it is raining the air temperature is above freezing without a temperature scale. It’s pretty apparent by the fact that the water is not freezing. And how often does knowing that your pot of boiling water is 100 degrees or your ice tray is 0 help you? I have never been making pasta and thought to myself “wow, sure is nice I know the exact temperature of this water right now”
- setr 6y agoFahrenheit is also nice in that increments of 10 are equivalently significant, and increments of 15~20 correspond fairly well to jacket levels.