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https://www.zmescience.com/other/fahrenheit-vs-celsius-did-the-u-s-get-it-right-after-all/
At face value, measuring the temperature using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit seems to make a lot of face sense. After all, the freezing point of water is a perfect 0 degrees Celsius — not the inexplicable 32 degrees in Fahrenheit. Also, the boiling point of water in Celsius is right at 100 degrees (Okay, 99.98, but what's a couple hundredths of a degree among friends?) — instead of the awkward 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
Celsius is also part of the much-praised metric system. It seems as though every developed country in the world has adopted the metric system except for the United States, which still clings to tge [sic] older, more traditional measurements. Finally, scientists prefer to use Celsius (when they're not using Kelvin, which is arguably the most awkward unit of measurement for temperature). If it's good enough for scientists, it should be good enough for everybody else, right?
Not necessarily. Fahrenheit may be the best way to measure temperature after all. Why? Because most of us only care about air temperature, not water temperature.
[...] Fahrenheit is also more precise. The ambient temperature on most of the inhabited world ranges from -20 degrees Fahrenheit to 110 degrees Fahrenheit — a 130-degree range. On the Celsius scale, that range is from -28.8 degrees to 43.3 degrees — a 72.1-degree range. This means that you can get a more exact measurement of the air temperature using Fahrenheit because it uses almost twice the scale.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 14 2021, @08:17PM (2 children)
"No need for name-calling, friend."
I'm not your friend guy, and if you don't want a mild insult directed your way then don't discount ideas with slurs like ivory tower meant to convey a detachment from reality just to cover your own ignorance. That is 100% jackass behavior ;^)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 15 2021, @01:14AM (1 child)
That you consider "Ivory Tower" a slur speaks volumes as to your general ignorance and/or disingenuity.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 15 2021, @06:47PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_tower [wikipedia.org]
"The term originated from the Biblical Song of Songs (7:4) with a different meaning and was later used as an epithet for Mary.[4]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet [wikipedia.org]
So slur may not have been ideal but you're truly uneducated swine! Back troll back *wapish* *wapish*