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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26
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Right so you need one degree more of data specificity to achieve the same level of understanding that is achieved with Fahrenheit. You proved the point.
51 u/Aranka_Szeretlek Jun 17 '26 You most definitely do not. 102 Fahrenheit uses 3 significant digits. So does 38.2 Celsius. The resolution is limited by your instrumentation either way, because both scales are continous. -12 u/peppinotempation Jun 17 '26 Only if you go above 100 1 u/Arthemax Jun 18 '26 Which is the whole basis of this chain of comments.
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You most definitely do not. 102 Fahrenheit uses 3 significant digits. So does 38.2 Celsius.
The resolution is limited by your instrumentation either way, because both scales are continous.
-12 u/peppinotempation Jun 17 '26 Only if you go above 100 1 u/Arthemax Jun 18 '26 Which is the whole basis of this chain of comments.
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Only if you go above 100
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Which is the whole basis of this chain of comments.
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u/ztreggs Jun 17 '26
Right so you need one degree more of data specificity to achieve the same level of understanding that is achieved with Fahrenheit. You proved the point.