scientists can continue using kelvin, celcius if they must, etc

it makes much more sense for temperature to be on the F scale just in a basic sense

0 is really fucking cold

100 is pretty damn hot

instead of 0 is cold ish

20 is lukewarm

50 is death valley  

100 is boiling point. youre never ever going to see a weather report of 100 C, but you will see them of 100 F. likewise, 0 doesnt mean much in C and instead of 20 degrees, its like -8 which seems totally counter intuitive, because something below 0 should be really fucking cold

C is probably absorbed real well into the public conscience elsewhere and i know both very well, but as someone who knows both, F makes a lot more sense to me just as a general model

everything else should be metric. kilometers, liters, etc etc. using quarts and miles makes absolutely zero sense

Post edited at 4:36 pm on Aug. 9, 2012 by iconoclast

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well, is it?

i personally think fahrenheit is shit. i can make a comparison making celsius look simple too:

<0 = freezing (literally)
10-15 = chilly
20 mild
25 = room temp
30 = hot
>35 = holy fucking shit i want to die.

idk why you're saying 0 doesnt mean anything, it does. "oh shit it's below zero outside, so cold"

tbh i dont think either is 'better'. you're just used to them so it makes sense to you.

it's like you saying "oh let's not use metres because 1-100 metres is a massive distance whereas 1-100 feet is smaller and more relatable".

multiples only is useful because there are other units, kg, g, mg; km, m, cm; etc.

i could just as easily say 0-40 probably covers most things in my daily life in C whereas 0-40 makes no sense in F.

the 0-100 thing is completely random and arbitrary, you're just applying it because that's whats used in F. 0-100 is not necessarily going to be useful in any or all circumstances. take wavelengths of light for example, 0-100 is useless. 350nm is about violet and red maxes out at like 750nm, and that's metric.

as long as the interconversion is fine and you have basic points to relate to then there isn't an issue. and there isn't with C either.