subOrange1d ago

Fahrenheit is exactly what is wrong with USA

https://lemmy.world/post/44602363

Fahrenheit is exactly what is wrong with USA - Lemmy.World

So every time the Celsius Fahrenheit debate comes out, there is always the point made about “Fahrenheit makes more sense, it tells you how is out there: 0 is freezing, 100 is roasting hot”. And yes, that might be accurate but showcases that USA citizens only care about themselves, they do not even care about physics or chemistry. The “it works for me therefore it is good” mentality is what they bring to the world and the most clear example is their choice of framing for justifying Fahrenheit over Celsius.

Show threadCerebralHawks1d ago

Celsius is based on water. 0ºC is freezing, 100ºC is boiling. Water is a good metric to go on, but it’s not very good for conveying to humans what is hot and what is cold, because even though we are made up of a lot of water, 0-100ºF is a scale that makes more sense to us. The equivalent in Celsius is something like -15 to something like 45ºC. And that makes less sense.

I’m a huge advocate of metric everywhere, but to say Celsius is objectively better than Fahrenheit is kind of silly.

Show threadSwingingTheLamp1d ago
Right, Celsius is not even part of the metric system. It is an honorary member of the SI units, but that doesn’t make it metric. It would make little sense to talk about kilo-degrees, or micro-degrees, because degrees Celsius doesn’t relate well to the amount of heat. That’s what Kelvin is for.
Show threadover_clox1d ago
Kelvin is still rooted in Celsius, just by an offset of 273.15
Show threadSwingingTheLamp1d ago
For that matter, so is Fahrenheit, with the relationship (x + 459.67) × ⁠5/9⁠ K, where x is degrees F.
Show threadover_clox

Let’s make a new scale, between 0 and 1

Zero is where everything turns solid, One where everything boils and vaporizes…

Mar 23 at 12:09amWeb
Show threadSwingingTheLamp13h ago
Finally, a sensible proposal!