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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think the focus of this is just where the origins of the units are derived. Fahrenheit was invented at a hospital for identifying patients outside of the normal range, Celsius was invented based on the liquid range of water, and Kelvin was invented based on when matter stops

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Fahrenheit was invented at a hospital for identifying patients outside of the normal range...

    0°F is outside the normal human temperature range? No shit!

    You're talking a bunch of bullcrap! Fahrenheit was developed by a German Scientist and he just chose two measurements that were halfway decent to reproduce. That's all there is to it. Got nothing to do with hospitals.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The focus of it is what you are used to.
    All scales are basically created equal - they must be, since they measure the same thing and scale the same way. (No pun intended.)
    The only difference there can ever be between C/K/F (or R for that matter) is multiplying by one constant and/or adding another.

    Yanks use Fahrenheit, grow up with it, and see it used every day. Therefore it is intuitive and logical. To them.
    The vast majority of people on Earth - about 95% - actually don't, so it isn't.

    That makes the phrasing and underlying assumption pretty characteristically American, and tempting to poke some gentle fun at.

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