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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If 0 F is 0 % hot, and 100 F is 100 % hot; shouldn't 50 F be the Goldilocks ideal of neither too hot or too cold at 50 %?

And if 50 F isn't the Goldilocks ideal, then where on the scale is it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That would depend on personal preference. Somewhere around the 70-80 mark most likely.

You're assuming humans have no preference for it being hot or cold. That's the only way 50% would make more sense. But most people prefer it warm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

My assumption was that a temperature scale for the human experience would place the ideal temperature around the middle, and not towards too hot. Would it improve such a scale if the 0 F was closer where 20 or 30 is currently, so that 70-80 is more centered? Is 0 F the perfect point for where it's unacceptably cold for a human, or could it have been shifted up or down the scale?