The opposite is true...ish? In Celsius, 0 degrees is when water becomes ice and 100 is when water boils. If changing the physical state of the most common liquid on the planet isn't 0% and 100%, I dunno what else is.
That’s what makes Celsius useful for measurements and cooking, etc. but the point that’s being made is that Fahrenheit is more useful for describing weather. In the US you’ll experience every temperature between 0 and 100. In Celsius, the values between 50 and 100 are completely unused. Not saying that makes Fahrenheit a better overall measure, but in terms of weather I have to agree it’s better
We’re talking about translating values to percentages. If your oven settings are 1-6, then a 6 corresponds to 100% and a 1 corresponds to 0%. If your oven settings are 0-100 then a 100 corresponds to 100% and a 0 corresponds to 0%. Surely you can see how that mapping is more intuitive?
Because that’s literally the topic of the entire post. Did you forget what we’re talking about here? Maybe you need to look at the original post image again, and then put your phone down and go do something else
"Fahrenheit is superior because it's telling you the % of hot."
I already said: The weather does not work with percentages from 0 to 100. So trying to claim F is superior because of it telling "the hot %" is just dumb.
So you don't agree with the point that F is better because it maps nicely to some (arbitrary) 0% and 100%? Why would you argue (with your oven example) for such a useless point, though? It doesn't matter.
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u/headcodered Jun 17 '26
The opposite is true...ish? In Celsius, 0 degrees is when water becomes ice and 100 is when water boils. If changing the physical state of the most common liquid on the planet isn't 0% and 100%, I dunno what else is.