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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Both are equally arbitrary. You just have to know a handful of temperatures that you use in your day to day life either way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Celsius being based on water makes it the most intuitive of the three imo.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hum... Around here water boils at ~96°C (some labs measure that). And it seems to not freeze at 0°C anywhere on Earth, as it's never pure water, with never an homogeneous freezing point.

It is repeatable, it's not very arbitrary, but "intuitive" doesn't apply in any way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Differences are neglegtable. 96°C is still going to kill you.