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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (34 children)

But really it is much better for human temperatures.

It's just intuitive, 0F is 100% cold, and 100F is 100% hot.

When the dry bulb gets above 100F, wind only cools you down by sweat evaporation, and when the wet bulb gets above 100F, even that can't cool you down, and you will die if you don't get to a cooler or drier environment.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I love it when it's -10% hot in winter nights or 110% hot around the equator. Makes perfect sense.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, it does, actually, if you understand how thermal energy works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, it does a better job of impressing that is all of the hot (or cold), and then 10% more than the difference between 38 and 43

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

i assure you, we who grew up with celsius absolutely know the dire difference between 38 and 43. 38 is death, 43 is the crimson realms where even souls wither.

all this "which one is better for x" is nonsense, you develop a feel for whichever you grew up with. it's just that the math is less stupid with metric. that's all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Any of the systems is better if you have an intuitive understanding of it. I don't know what 107 F would feel like, just as you don't know what 42°C feels like. But it's not a thing where one is inherently better than the other...

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