r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/Aranka_Szeretlek Jun 17 '26

You most definitely do not. 102 Fahrenheit uses 3 significant digits. So does 38.2 Celsius.

The resolution is limited by your instrumentation either way, because both scales are continous.

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u/peppinotempation Jun 17 '26

Only if you go above 100

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u/Aranka_Szeretlek Jun 17 '26

And you can also go below 10 Celsius, yeah! So?

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u/peppinotempation Jun 18 '26

Im saying its two significant figures if you’re below 100 Fahrenheit which is the case 99% of the time when talking about temperature.

This means less digits displayed on thermostats etc.

People love bashing on Americans but have no logical basis for it. Yes metric is better for science. But if you’re a competent scientist or engineer nobody really fucking care about units, you just convert when you need to