Johanno

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[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It is better because it uses 2 times water as reference point.

Not one thing and then a completely different one.

We could for example set the 0 degrees at the freezing point of alcohol and 100 at the boiling point.

Or 0 at the boiling point of argon and 100 at the temperature it turns into plasma.

Both of these fictional scales are better than Fahrenheit.

[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Yes both are made up. As everything we use to count or measure is.

However it depends how they were made up.

Fahrenheit was set to 0 on the lowest temperature someone could achieve at time. And 100 was set to the body temperature of the human body. Totally two comparable points of measurement.

Celsius uses the melting point of water as 0.and then uses, revolutionary, the same water when it changes its state from liquid to gas.

[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 15 hours ago

Are we talking about British, American or sea miles?

[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Hey I mean on first glance it just looks fine.

Then you notice the cars can't leave.

Then the bedroom goes into the garage. Then you can't enter the dining hall except through the front door.

Then the bedroom where you walled in your child without any way out...