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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

If only there was something more specific that a wider range of people could relate to.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Something more specific than how humans relate to the temperature? Why would that be useful? If you're doing science, you should use Celsius. If you're a regular human being, being affected by temperature, you should use fahrenheit.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    It would be useful because it gives multiple specific and relatable reference points. How is that not useful?

    The way humans relate to the temperature has a huge range and so very vague. Do you say that 0 is when you swap shorts for trousers? Or when you put a hoody on? Or is it when your neighbour puts their hoody on? Or when your friend from Texas puts their hoody on?

    It's like when you come across a recipe that calls for a knob of butter. Everyone's knob is a different size, we've just agreed to say that whatever it is, it's enough.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    It doesn't matter what other people think about the temperature, it only matters what you think. Fahrenheit is useful in the same sense the word Red is useful: you and I could be seeing totally different colors that we call red, but it doesn't matter because we both point to the same objects as being red.

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