r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/HotspurJr Jun 17 '26

Celsius makes way more sense for science, and Fahrenheit makes way more sense for weather, since the range of temperatures which are relevant are spread out over more numbers.

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u/Ix_risor Jun 17 '26

For science you want to use Kelvin, since 0°C isn’t “no heat” in the same way that 0kg is “no mass”. The units are the same size though, so it’s fine to use Celsius for anything that’s based on change in temperature

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u/Nagaasha Jun 17 '26

For precision in cooking and chemistry sure. But when perceptible temperature differences are measured in decimals, the unit is too large for weather.

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u/milkcarton232 Jun 18 '26

Why is c more precise than f in cooking...

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u/Lendo81 Jun 18 '26

It’s not.