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Typhoon@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I like how they claimed Fahrenheit made sense by relating it to a scale between 0 and 100 because a grade divided into 100 pieces (centigrade) is a system that is easy to handle. If only there was a unit of measurement that was already like that.

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Cort@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
No they’re relating average earth temperature/weather to a centigrade scale, instead of relating liquid water to one.

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- Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  “Average earth temperature”? Lmao
  
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- uienia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  It is not average Earth temperature though.
  
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- Grail@multiverse.soulism.net ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Average is one number, not a range. Do you mean standard deviation?
  
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JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I might catch flak for this, but I understand Fahrenheit made a ton of sense of an illiterate bygone era (well, I guess coming back maybe)

The vast majority of people were uneducated. Decimals were a non-starter, maybe negatives were also difficult?

0-100 was very easy. Under 0? Don’t go outside if possible. Over 100? Don’t go outside if possible. >50/halfway? Time for a coat. Having the same scale from -15 to 40 might have been confusing and not centered for them?

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