How is that a better scale? 0 is the freezing point of water, 100 is the boiling point. Seems better to me than, "0 is the temperature of ice, water and ammonium chloride".
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Replying to @sebmck @thejameskyle
When doing science where physical constants are always relevant, Celsius is FAR superior. For every day life, Fahrenheit wins.
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Replying to @bterlson @thejameskyle
Again, why is it superior for every day life?
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Replying to @sebmck @thejameskyle
James touched on it, but essentially it maps temperatures we encounter most often over a more useful numeric range.
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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.
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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.
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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?!
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I feel like having common references be nice round numbers is a good feature, but I agree with you about its benefit being oversold
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100F is approximately human body temperature, and 0F is around where you get frostbite quickly with little wind. I don't know about you but I don't end up in boiling temperatures that often.
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You focus on boiling water but 0C is very useful, people meet water & ice/snow frequently in real life. Whereas 0F is really arbitrary.
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0F is ~ the point where going outside in the cold without protection is insta-dangerous. 0-100 is roughly the range of human temps in most habitable areas. But more importantly, it's not hard to remember "30".
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