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I once read an article I've wished I could find again online. It begins with something like "I decided to create the perfect scale for measuring the temperatur
by dillydogg 3y ago
I once read an article I've wished I could find again online.
It begins with something like "I decided to create the perfect scale for measuring the temperature outside for the weather. Of temperatures taken where people live, I will scale the 95th percentile of high temperatures as 100 and the 95th of cold temperatures as 0."
The goal of which was, if a temperature is <0 it's really cold, and a temperature >100 is really hot.
My memory is that using this method the scale was within 2 degrees of Fahrenheit! Of course, I've never found the story again so who knows the details of their method or if I'm even remembering correctly.