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  • Lizardking27@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzBurning Up
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    6 months ago

    You’re correct. In a lab setting, 0C and 100C are not arbitrary.

    In the weather forecast, they are.

    Which ties into your final point, it’s hard to define a scale that is best for everything, which is exactly what I’ve been saying this whole time. Fahrenheit is better for some things, Celsius for others.

    The only reason people in this thread are saying otherwise is because for some reason they’ve tied up some significant part of their self-worth into their belief that “lmao DAE fahrenheit bad amirite??1?”, and they mistakenly believe that those of us that understand nuance are trying to belittle or disparage them in some way. I assure you, we are not.


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    6 months ago

    “It has only been 100F once in the last century”

    Lmao what?? Go ahead and find me a source for that.

    I guarantee you it reaches 100F regularly during summer in many temperate climates, that’s not even including warmer regions.

    Do you think your little small town is the only place in the universe?


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    6 months ago

    Okay so fahrenheit has a well-defined high and low, but an arbitrary freezing point of one certain chemical. All other chemical freezing points are arbitrary.

    Celsius has an arbitrary high and low, but a well-defined freezing point of that same chemical. All other freezing points are arbitrary.

    If your motivation is to minimize the amount of arbitrary values you have to memorize, fahrenheit is the clear winner.