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> 322 Kelvin You know, I think this makes good sense. A degree can be celsius, or fahrenheit, but only a Kelvin is a Kelvin. So this could be unambiguously s

• falcolas 5y ago
  Cool, what precisely is one degree K? What does it really mean? The answer is as about as arbitrary as basing it on human comfort levels - it's originally based on boiling and freezing a specific composition of water at a specific pressure, then adjusted so the zero point is at a universal constant. That last is really the only meaningful part about it. And practically speaking, the 0 to 100 C range is no longer even based on the actions of water - just as f is no longer based on human comfort.
  • rootusrootus 5y ago
    > Cool, what precisely is one degree K? What does it really mean? Well that's my point :). There are no degrees in K, there are just K. So at least we could remove that little bit of ambiguity. Otherwise... > about as arbitrary as basing it on human comfort levels I agree. All scales are arbitrary. I actually think F has one upside over both K and C -- more resolution means fractional degrees are rarely used. But that's just a nitpick.