Gollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoFahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.comimagemessage-square155fedilinkarrow-up1807
arrow-up1807imageFahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvini.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square155fedilink
minus-squarebignate@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.