The range for livable temperatures follows a more reasonable scale. Hot is really high numbers. Cold is low. The exact temperature is more precise because the range is larger.
Celsius is fine for scientists but for the regular person Fahrenheit has a better range.
Also I'm biased.

[–] sisyphean@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm also biased.

But:

Celsius is easy to understand, even for children: water freezes at 0°C, boils at 100°C.
It is understood by more people in the world.
If the US used Celsius, understanding scientific papers and data would be easier for common people.
In Celsius, the range of livable temperatures for humans (-20 to 40°C) still gives plenty of precision. Additionally, each step in the Celsius scale corresponds to a bigger change in "feel" of the temperature, which leads to a more intuitive understanding of temperature changes.

[–] dominoko@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your first 3 points, I can agree with. We will have to agree to disagree on the last one.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you feel the difference between 73F and 75F? No, you can't, don't lie.

[–] Daydreamy@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone who uses their thermostat and regularly switches between 72 and 75, yes. Yes I can.

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Fake thermostats which exist solely to give the occupants of office buildings an illusion of control are an entire product category. If I were to replace your thermostat with one without your knowledge, you would be just as happy turning it up and down all day.

[–] sisyphean@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

From now on, if anyone needs an example of why Lemmy/kbin are better than Reddit, we can link to this thread :) It was nice to have a respectful debate with someone without it devolving into an exchange of simplistic quips.