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minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 months agoI use this as an example for interval vs ratio; you can’t halve Celsius because it’s an interval scale where zero is arbitrary. Kelvin is ratio as it has an absolute zero-- you very much can halve it and doom near the entire planet next summer
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoDoom near the entire planet Next Summer Coming to theaters near you
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down23·4 months agoarguably setting zero to absolute zero is just as arbitrary
I use this as an example for interval vs ratio; you can’t halve Celsius because it’s an interval scale where zero is arbitrary. Kelvin is ratio as it has an absolute zero-- you very much can halve it and doom near the entire planet next summer
Doom near the entire planet
Next Summer
Coming to theaters near you
arguably setting zero to absolute zero is just as arbitrary