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Fahrenheit vs. Celsius vs. Kelvin (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I don’t think how hot humans feel works at all, it’s just arbitrary

Can humans survive 100 degree heat? Yes so it doesn’t represent 100%

150 for 3rd degree burns (almost instant), does Fahrenheit go off base 150? Also no

What about cold? Well -40 requires a lot of layers, so then +40 should be pretty hot for humans right? Nope, because it’s not related to humans at all

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If farenheit represents how humans feel then 50 is the most comfortable temperature right?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

0 should be the most comfortable, with less being cold and more being hot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This is a great scale. Let's solve all the arguments about temperature and instead just create a "pleasantness scale". Could probably even market this and sell a "personalised pleasantness scale" and you pass it out to your friends when you meet them.

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