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    1. 𝕓𝕠𝕠rian.d.mtsx‏ @bterlson Jan 12
      Replying to @sebmck @thejameskyle

      When doing science where physical constants are always relevant, Celsius is FAR superior. For every day life, Fahrenheit wins.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    2. Sebastian McKenzie‏Verified account @sebmck Jan 12
      Replying to @bterlson @thejameskyle

      Again, why is it superior for every day life?

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. 𝕓𝕠𝕠rian.d.mtsx‏ @bterlson Jan 12
      Replying to @sebmck @thejameskyle

      James touched on it, but essentially it maps temperatures we encounter most often over a more useful numeric range.

      2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
    4. Sebastian McKenzie‏Verified account @sebmck Jan 12
      Replying to @bterlson @thejameskyle

      How often do you encounter 0 Fahrenheit? Growing up, in the winter it gets below 0C and you know there’s going to be ice outside. In the summer it gets to ~50F.

      6 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
    5. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats Jan 12
      Replying to @sebmck @bterlson @thejameskyle

      I also really hate when people conflate units like grams and meters with Celsius. The metric system's main value for humans is that things like kilometers scale easily from things like meters. That entire concept doesn't apply to Celsius.

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    6. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats Jan 12
      Replying to @wycats @sebmck and

      What's special about the "freezing and boiling point of water"? People act like those temperatures are critical values to encode in 0-100 scale. But why?!

      5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    7. Justin Fagnani‏ @justinfagnani Jan 12
      Replying to @wycats @sebmck and

      Water's kind of important to humans though, so I get that part. Not sure what other thing is better to measure against.

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    8. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats Jan 12
      Replying to @justinfagnani @sebmck and

      Water might be important but that doesn't necessarily mean "freezing" and "boiling" are good fixed endpoints. I mean nothing's wrong with those but unlike grams and meters Celsius is just not buying us that much.

      3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Sebastian McKenzie‏Verified account @sebmck Jan 12
      Replying to @wycats @justinfagnani and

      Freezing and boiling can be directly correlated to weather though which is where temperature is most useful. While the weather is never "boiling", the upper limit can be used as a relative reference.

      3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
    10. Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats Jan 12
      Replying to @sebmck @justinfagnani and

      Growing up we had these (F) temps: 0: dangerously cold, if you go outside without a jacket you could get frostbite quick 30: could snow 50: chilly, jacket 70: comfortable temp 80: getting warm, fan? 90: pretty hot 100: top safe temp 105: be real careful 110: dangerous

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      Yehuda Katz  🥨‏Verified account @wycats Jan 12
      Replying to @wycats @sebmck and

      Which basically puts 0-100 close to the range of temps you would deal with in weather.

      8:18 PM - 12 Jan 2018
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