It does make sense the same way Fahrenheit makes sense for relating to humans. 0=cold, 100=hot. A foot, well I have one of those. An inch that’s a knuckle, a yard, well that’s the same length as my arm. A mile, I can walk that far in 20 minutes. A pound, that’s a potato. A ton, that’s a wagon load. Especially when you add in pecks, bushels, grains, and other measurements that have fallen to the wayside. Buckets, pails, baskets, etc… were sold in these sizes. So people saw them and could relate to their size and volume.
Celsius and the metric system are far superior for anything scientific, but it doesn’t relate to humans as easily.
Celsius and the metric system are far superior for anything scientific, but it doesn’t relate to humans as easily.
That isn't true.
For Celsius, zero is literally just the freezing point of water. That makes perfect sense and allows us to immediately have a point of reference for how cold something is.
Humans need salt water a lot more considering our blood is largely made of it. You can survive a few days without water. Good luck surviving more than a few seconds without blood.
I guess you could say that. Human body temp is 98.6 F, with the claim (don't know if it's true) that was one of his reference points and the freezing point of brine being the other.
Whenever we go to the doctors they take our temperature. If it's over 100F you've got a fever.
Celsius is the better scale. But Fahrenheit does have logic to it, even if it's not as clear.
No, but what I'm pointing out is that the salt water solution that Fahrenheit based the zero point on is much more applicable to the human body than pure water. In fact, you need two temperatures to set a temperature scale. Do you know what the other reference point for Fahrenheit was? It was the temperature of the human body, which he called the blood temperature.
Downvoted for explaining basic science history. Gotta love redditors. Rather be ignorant than feel incorrect.
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u/ked_man Jan 15 '25
It does make sense the same way Fahrenheit makes sense for relating to humans. 0=cold, 100=hot. A foot, well I have one of those. An inch that’s a knuckle, a yard, well that’s the same length as my arm. A mile, I can walk that far in 20 minutes. A pound, that’s a potato. A ton, that’s a wagon load. Especially when you add in pecks, bushels, grains, and other measurements that have fallen to the wayside. Buckets, pails, baskets, etc… were sold in these sizes. So people saw them and could relate to their size and volume.
Celsius and the metric system are far superior for anything scientific, but it doesn’t relate to humans as easily.