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> > Kelvin is of course arbitrary > Listen to yourself if you won't listen to me. Like I said: Kelvin is arbitrarily scaled. Scaling doesn't matter when it co

by gspr 4y ago

> > Kelvin is of course arbitrary > Listen to yourself if you won't listen to me. Like I said: Kelvin is arbitrarily scaled. Scaling doesn't matter when it comes to ratios. Celsius on the other hand is also arbitrarily offset. That matters. > Edit: read up on the difference between temperature and heat. I suspect that your mental model of that relationship is wrong, and that's why you're making this mistake. I'm quite aware, thank you very much. This whole subthread is about temperature. To be clear: I'm not criticising OP's writings about energy requirements. I'm merely talking about: > Sure that's only a 6.5% increase in temperature w.r.t. to 46C Yes, that is indeed followed by > but that's an incorrect way of looking at it. but that refers to a discussion of energy that follows. My whole point is that it's *NOT a 6.5% increase in temperature". OP's point seems to be that we shouldn't be considering the increase in temperature, but rather the increase in energy needed. That's fine. No objections. I'm just saying that the statement about the increase in temperature is also wrong.

samatman 4y ago
> Kelvin is arbitrarily scaled. Percentages are unitless, you're making a trivial observation that didn't need to be said. I conclude that you lack the appropriate education to discuss this subject.
- gspr 4y ago
  > Percentages are unitless, you're making a trivial observation that didn't need to be said. My original observation was that Celsius and Fahrenheit are arbitrarily shifted, and that matters. Then you countered that Kelvin is arbitrary too, to which I write that it is only arbitrarily scaled, and that is fine (of course, for the exact trivial reason that you point out). If your best argument is that I made a correct but trivial statement in addition to my main point, then I don't think there's much more to be had from this discussion. I bid you farewell.

by gspr 4y ago

samatman 4y ago

> Kelvin is arbitrarily scaled. Percentages are unitless, you're making a trivial observation that didn't need to be said. I conclude that you lack the appropriate education to discuss this subject.

gspr 4y ago
> Percentages are unitless, you're making a trivial observation that didn't need to be said. My original observation was that Celsius and Fahrenheit are arbitrarily shifted, and that matters. Then you countered that Kelvin is arbitrary too, to which I write that it is only arbitrarily scaled, and that is fine (of course, for the exact trivial reason that you point out). If your best argument is that I made a correct but trivial statement in addition to my main point, then I don't think there's much more to be had from this discussion. I bid you farewell.