• kilmister@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    What additional arguments besides personal experience would you give to back this precision claim?

    Temperature scales are arbitrary by nature, and the criteria behind their definition can be useful or not. Fahrenheit’s isn’t that much useful compared to Celsius’ or Kelvin’s.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not arguing on Fahrenheit’s behalf or saying it IS more precise. I just said it “feels” more precise because you have finer increments in whole numbers. 70 degrees F is about 21 degrees C while 90 degrees F is about 32 degrees. 20 degrees of increment in F versus 12 in C which feels more precise. It’s the same way metric length measurements feel more precise because there are whole number millimeters rather than fractional inches.

      I have no strong opinion any one way, other than I feel like everyone should endeavor to be comfortable converting between various systems of measurement.

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        1 year ago

        You can simply use as many decimals you want to make Celsius more precise. You don’t see it used in general because it really isn’t needed.

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          1 year ago

          The little digital thermometers I have around the house read to one decimal place. The precision argument is just bizarre.