• nowitsabby@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    I generally agree that metric is better, but there’s an argument for Fahrenheit.

    It was based on human body temperature, so its easier to inuit if a temperature “feels hot”

    • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      How? it is just numbers, there is no human relation. i grew up learning both measures. i know that 20C is comfortable the same at 68F is comfortable. If anything C makes more sense, at 0 things are going to want to freeze on my body. For F that is 32…an arbitrary value

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        6 months ago

        IIRC the original reference temperatures for Farenheit were ice brine (0°) and human body temperature (100°).

        Nowadays it’s formally defined in relation to Kelvin.

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          6 months ago

          The ice brine was actual a unique solution the guy establish to freeze at zero, not saltwater like I was originally taught, so it was completely arbitrary 0. And the body temp for normal people is 97.5 to 98. It feela like the dude wanted a 0-100 scale and tweaked the whole thing to suit his desire.

    • Owljfien@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Sure there’s an argument, but it’s a terrible one and you should feel bad for even making it