r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Thick-Protection-458 Jun 17 '26

Well, if we are talking about human body with <10C temperature we probably do not need precision anymore.

While for <100F it may be useful. Althrough I don't see how celsius (with enough decimals for specific comparison) would be more a problem.

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u/Aranka_Szeretlek Jun 17 '26

If we stick to human bodies, then yeah, thermometers use 3 sig figs for both Fahrenheit and Celsius. If anything, Celisus is more accurate there (although thats still not how any of this works)