Standardization

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Wow! It actually makes sense! (i.imgur.com)

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[–] Murdoc 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Celsius: -17.778 = really cold; 38.333 = really hot

That looks silly because it's completely arbitrary, set to what you are used to. There is no universal "human experience". Where I'm from temperature typically ranges from -30 c to +30 c, which seems pretty nice and balanced compared to imperial's -22 f to 86 c which looks silly now, doesn't it?

[–] atzanteol 3 points 2 years ago

It's all completely arbitrary.