• Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    Human comfort is more generally relevant that the freezing and boiling points of water. In weather, 0F is f’ing cold and 100F is f’ing hot.

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      1 year ago

      Human comfort is an intrinsically subjective thing. People who know celsius has absolutely no problem gauging the weather using celsius scale. The purported advantage of F in that regard is purely imaginative by F users who are unfamiliar with other systems.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I agree, it’s a human scale made by humans for humans. 100°F will be hot for me whether I’m on Earth or Mars, but 0°C/100°C is only the freezing/boiling point of water on Earth.

      I think the optimal solution is to use Kelvin for scientific purposes and Fahrenheit for everyday use, but that’s just the American speaking in me.