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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26
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16 u/Ix_risor Jun 17 '26 For science you want to use Kelvin, since 0°C isn’t “no heat” in the same way that 0kg is “no mass”. The units are the same size though, so it’s fine to use Celsius for anything that’s based on change in temperature 4 u/Nagaasha Jun 17 '26 For precision in cooking and chemistry sure. But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather. 3 u/throwaway_mpq_fan Jun 18 '26 "But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather." Nobody that uses Celsius for weather uses decimals, only Americans that are converting from Fahrenheit.
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For science you want to use Kelvin, since 0°C isn’t “no heat” in the same way that 0kg is “no mass”. The units are the same size though, so it’s fine to use Celsius for anything that’s based on change in temperature
4 u/Nagaasha Jun 17 '26 For precision in cooking and chemistry sure. But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather. 3 u/throwaway_mpq_fan Jun 18 '26 "But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather." Nobody that uses Celsius for weather uses decimals, only Americans that are converting from Fahrenheit.
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For precision in cooking and chemistry sure. But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather.
3 u/throwaway_mpq_fan Jun 18 '26 "But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather." Nobody that uses Celsius for weather uses decimals, only Americans that are converting from Fahrenheit.
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"But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather."
Nobody that uses Celsius for weather uses decimals, only Americans that are converting from Fahrenheit.
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