• BluesF@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    It is, but if you look at how Farenheit was conceived it’s absurdly nonsensical. 0°F is the freezing temperature or some mixture of chemicals, and 90°F is a guess at human body temperature lmao.

    And the freezing/boiling points of water are arbitrary except in that they are used to actually define both scales. They provide easily measurable standards.

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      10 months ago

      No, 0° was the lowest temperature recorded in the city Fahrenheit lived, and 100° was considered normal body temperature, with the quality of thermometer available at the time.

      It’s quite arbitrary, but ends up mapping pretty nicely to comfortable ranges for humans.