So every time the Celsius Fahrenheit debate comes out, there is always the point made about “Fahrenheit makes more sense, it tells you how is out there: 0 is freezing, 100 is roasting hot”.
And yes, that might be accurate but showcases that USA citizens only care about themselves, they do not even care about physics or chemistry.
The “it works for me therefore it is good” mentality is what they bring to the world and the most clear example is their choice of framing for justifying Fahrenheit over Celsius.
Meh, they could have picked basically any chemical element or molecule to base their freezing/melting/boiling temperatures around. In the case of Celsius, they chose water, H2O, at sea level, at Earth’s atmospheric pressure, to base their standard temperatures around.
A hypothetical standard temperature scale could just as well be made around iron in a vacuum with zero atmospheric pressure floating around in space with zero gravity, but that’s not very practical down here on Earth, and water is rather abundant on the planet (ok let’s not get into the whole pure vs salremoveder thing, but you get my point).
Anyways, both Celsius and Fahrenheit are equally scientifically valid, as there’s a direct conversion formula to go from one to the other. Fahrenheit just seems easier to us in the states when thinking about the weather. 0 is fucking cold, 100 is fucking hot.
Not any element or anything, but water: that thing that makes up to 80% of our bodies and that without it, we couldn’t survive.
I did say molecule, right? Yes, yes I did. I specifically mentioned water, and the molecular form H2O.
Thanks for paying attention.
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