@alex a couple things:

1) F has a nice range of 0 → 100° for habitable climates, so it’s kinda a percentage of niceness

2) Each 10° temperature band is basically a range of niceness. 50s are brisk but nice. 70s are perfect, etc

3) I prefer the fidelity of 1°F over 1°C. Both because you never see fractional degrees on thermostats but also because I can tell a 1° difference on processed air

I feel like there’s more but it’s early. But this is why I said what you grow up with is best.

@caseyliss @alex it just feels so arbitrary. I get why Fahrenheit set his zero where he did. But then he went „hmm. My second point of reference shall be the freezing temperature of water and I call that 32°!“ what?? Oh and then he goes to set a third reference point as the average human temperature (which he got wrong) and sets it to 96°? Why not 100? Btw. I do realize I’m totally biased growing up in Celsius-land.

@alex@alexanderkucera.com @alex@micro.blog why would you base the scale on whether water is cold? You base it on whether YOU are cold