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[–] 62 points 1 week ago (13 children)

It’s like people making these memes don’t understand that intuition is learned. One is not universally more intuitive than the other

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)
  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Not at all. I find Celsius much more intuitive but I’m not trying to argue that that is universally true.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You're right, Rankine is clearly the best.

    (Anyone actually know what Rankine even is outside something ddg told me exists?)

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  • [–] [S] 11 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Mechanical engineer from a power plant here. Rankine is the best, can confirm. Room temp is like 530 degrees. Now that makes sense.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    God I love it when I walk inside when its hot and the temperature is just under 530. The best feeling ever.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    You made it sound so nice I set my thermostat at 530 too. The solder melted out of my TV and the magazines on the coffee table spontaneously ignited. On the plus side I can cook a pizza in the living room now instead of getting up to go to the kitchen.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Isn't being intuitive the whole point of metric?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago

    Not really. Easy conversion is the whole point. One litre of water weighs one kilogram (depending on temperature) and fits into a 10x10x10 cm cube.

    Compare that with: one quart of water weighs 2.086 pounds and fits into a 3.86 × 3.86 × 3.86 inch cube.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    The math and prefix conversion is intuitive (because most of the world uses base-10 these days). There is nothing particularly intuitive or handy for either of them with respect to temperature - you just learn what it means and work with it. I've been using metric since I was 6, so like a good Canadian weather is metric and baking is Fahrenheit. When I talk about combustion points, melting points of metals, boiling point of water, back to metric. See? Intuitive.

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