The Weather Report: Celsius or Fahrenheit?

[Legend]

Oh, hang on. It is linear but conversion to and from Celsius is bonkers

lol

[Xevross]

Oh, hang on. It is linear but conversion to and from Celsius is bonkers

Its just really odd to have the two different  scales.

I think, since I'm a Physicist and a lil bit of a Chemist, Celsius makes much more sense because it converts directly to Kelvin. You just need to take 273 degrees off

[Raven]

It's just different bases. It's not like the difference between metric and imperial.

[Dr. Pezus]

oh yeah, that's the stuff. delta1 Kelvin = delta1 celsius. It's much more difficult to work with Fahreinheit in chemistry/physics when you have to convert to Kelvin

[Xevross]

I just realised what thread this conversation is in

[Legend]

Europeans can speak English and their local language.

Americans can understand Fahrenheit and Celsius.


Seems balanced.

[Dr. Pezus]

Europeans can speak English and their local language.

Americans can understand Fahrenheit and Celsius.


Seems balanced.

Are you sure Americans understand Celsius in general though lol? I mean, I have converted to and from Fahrenheit before so maybe you should add that to Europeans

I just realised what thread this conversation is in

Lulz. It's appropriate, right?

[the-pi-guy]

Are you sure Americans understand Celsius in general though lol? I mean, I have converted to and from Fahrenheit before so maybe you should add that to Europeans
Lulz. It's appropriate, right?

Hmmmm, ish... .
But did you understand the conversion?

[Xevross]

Are you sure Americans understand Celsius in general though lol? I mean, I have converted to and from Fahrenheit before so maybe you should add that to Europeans
Lulz. It's appropriate, right?

Well I guess its appropriate now

[Dr. Pezus]

Hmmmm, ish... .
But did you understand the conversion?

Understand how? I always remember the 32 but I usually look up the formula to be sure

[the-pi-guy]

Understand how? I always remember the 32 but I usually look up the formula to be sure

*shrugs*

Apparently Celsius originally made his scale backwards.
0 = boiling
100 = freezing.  

Linnaeus set him straight.  

[Xevross]

*shrugs*

Apparently Celsius originally made his scale backwards.
0 = boiling
100 = freezing.  

Linnaeus set him straight.  

Silly celsius

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

I like how my thread got screwed up.  

Anyway,  Fahrenheit is better for understanding temps as a human.  I can usually step out side and tell how hot it is with in a degree or so with out something telling me so.  

Even as a scientist I don't know why you would want to us C. unless you're just used to it. And really that's what it come down to. Being use to a scale.

[Dr. Pezus]

I like how my thread got screwed up.  

Anyway,  Fahrenheit is better for understanding temps as a human.  I can usually step out side and tell how hot it is with in a degree or so with out something telling me so.  

Even as a scientist I don't know why you would want to us C. unless you're just used to it. And really that's what it come down to. Being use to a scale.

Well American scientists use celsius because the rest of the world uses celsius. Other scientists use it because it makes sense for science (0 = water freezes and 100 = water boils) and can easily be converted to Kelvin.

It's the same with the metric system, really. Americans like to be different but if they want to talk to the rest of the world through science they have to use their language

Celsius: Facts, Formulas & History

Interesting origin story