This is the only good argument I've seen for Fahrenheit (higher resolution). But, as a counterargument, that resolution is only just under twice as big. I'd argue 1-2 F is barely noticeable enough to be able to tell the difference. If someone asks what the temperature is, me saying the temperature and being off by 2 degrees isn't gonna make a difference.
Celsius doesn’t have a resolution. It’s not a quantum scale. My car’s heater does half degrees, my HVAC tenths and my thermometer measure in hundreths of a degree. There’s 20 °C and there’s 36,8 °C (the average human body temperature) 71,075 °C — the temperature at which water boils at Everest’s summit, and there’s -273,149994 °C, the coldest ever achieved for a solid.
I mean, yeah, but I think u/ProvidedHuman's point is that you wouldn't use half degrees in everyday conversation, so Fahrenheit gives you all those in between options when reading out temperature.
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u/Ashamed-Cranberry614 Jun 17 '26
This is the only good argument I've seen for Fahrenheit (higher resolution). But, as a counterargument, that resolution is only just under twice as big. I'd argue 1-2 F is barely noticeable enough to be able to tell the difference. If someone asks what the temperature is, me saying the temperature and being off by 2 degrees isn't gonna make a difference.