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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

“human scale” is dismissed as even existing by the Celsius users

Celsius user here.
I find "I'm more used to it, therefore it makes more intuitive sense to me" is a perfectly understandable argument.

The problem with the human scale argument is that it makes it sound completely arbitrary.
To a human there is no objective difference between -1F, 0F or +1F. They are all about the same degree of "cold".

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is there a difference between 19, 20, and 21 Celsius? It's also pretty subtle. Yes, there's a bigger difference than fahrenheit, but I've never cared regardless of scale down to what degree the temperature is. As a fahrenheit user, it's always 10s. 0-10, 10-20, etc.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Is there a difference between 19, 20, and 21 Celsius?

    Yes, as anyone that’s ever worked in an office can tell you.

    Edit: Apparently I was expecting too much cognitive ability / common knowledge so let me be clearer: Generally women prefer it warmer (>20), men like it cooler (<20). It’s a very common office discussion.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Is there a difference between 19, 20, and 21 Celsius?

    First off, nobody claimed that Celsius is based on human perception so humans not being able to differentiate between these is simply irrelevant to the argument.
    Second, the bounds of 0 and 100 are based on the freezing temp of water which are specific, non-arbitrary temperatures.

    I'm not arguing one system over the other, I just think the "human scale" argument has been made up just to have an argument.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    i mean a lot of measurements are arbitrary necause their manmade. thats creation of measurements in a nutshell. they exist to give people context to conpare to. time is a manmade construct, unit of length is a manmade construct. unit of weight is a manmade construct.

    for instance with 1 kilo, tell me the last time a regular person had platinum-iridium ingot. its completely arbitrary.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    tell me the last time a regular person had platinum-iridium ingot

    What, you don't?

    But yeah, I agree, units are made up. I mean, why is the boiling point at 100C and not any other number? Someone made it up.
    I'm just saying the argument "0F is really cold" is just as true as -10F is really cold or +10F is really cold.

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