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[-] aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 months ago

Celsius tried to fit too much into 100 notches to please big math.

F is more nuanced with more notches, but the ends aren't logical. It coukd be shifted perhaps, but how?

If freezing was moved to 0, then water boiling would be 180

Perhaps C could have had a 200 degree range, then it would be closer to F and not so hard to convert.

But also: Scientists are important and we shouldn't make it too easy, it demeans their work. Maybe make the C scale show water boiling at 183.4521 degrees so scientific calculations are more impressive-looking and respectable.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 47 points 4 months ago

and not so hard to convert

"Please change the entire world's system to make it easier for the one country that uses a different one"

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