Gollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agoFahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.comimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1805arrow-down142
arrow-up1763arrow-down1imageFahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square155fedilink
minus-squarebignatelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoI mean, the temperature 0 was assigned because it was the lowest temperature that winter in Fahrenheit’s town, and the “powers of two” was only chosen because it was simple to mark degree lines on his instrument. Feels quite arbitrary to me…
minus-square1847953620@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoAnd yet, as a person, Fahrenheit seems far more intuitive and Celsius arbitrary.
I mean, the temperature 0 was assigned because it was the lowest temperature that winter in Fahrenheit’s town, and the “powers of two” was only chosen because it was simple to mark degree lines on his instrument. Feels quite arbitrary to me…
And yet, as a person, Fahrenheit seems far more intuitive and Celsius arbitrary.