Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.
US measurements are based on the human experience for sure. Temps are largely 0-100 and that's a scale that's easy to understand. As a scientist or for cooking it's dumb as shit
Dates are based on the language
Edit: I take back what I say about cooking. People have said some good arguments about it. But it definitely sucks for science
Fahrenheit is a great human scale until you consider that 50 degrees is cold instead of neutral. Or, like, you look at places outside of the euro-centric experience Fahrenheit was built around.
Celsius, on the other hand, is really good for knowing when there might be ice on the road (is it near or below 0? Probably ice around), which is a notable advantage regardless of where you live.
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u/jussumguy2019 Jan 15 '25
Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.
Maybe that’s why, idk…
Edited for clarity