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[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 52 points 2 years ago

Celcius is how I "feel", because that's the scale I've learned and can relate to.
Farenheit is what you "feel" for the same reason.

It's not because one is intrinsically better linked to our bodies.

[-] ech@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You're missing the point. The scale is what matters, not your personal experience or unit preference. From 0-100 F is right about what a human could be expected to tolerate without much help. In C, that's -18-38. That's a much more limited range in terms of human tolerance, but it works great for water, which would be 0-100 C. The scale doesn't translate as well to K, but it does end at 0, so there's that.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 39 points 2 years ago

Yet people live in negative farenheit conditions.

Try telling a northern siberian, who commonly see winter temperatures between -50 and -100 fahrenheit, that 0f is right about the limit for a human to tolerate...