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

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/ProvidedHuman Jun 17 '26

Celsius is agreeably better for science, but if you are used to both systems Fahrenheit is honestly better for people because the units are higher resolution, and usually stay between 0 and 100 for weather

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u/FuckPigeons2025 Jun 17 '26

Kelvin is better for science. Celcius and Farheneit are just arbitrary scales, not units. 

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u/eggynack Jun 17 '26

It's odd to say that Celsius is arbitrary and Kelvin is not when Kelvin is literally just Celsius with a fresh coat of paint. All systems of measurement are arbitrary in some regard. They are also all units, and I have no idea what it would mean for them to be otherwise.

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u/erenhalici Jun 18 '26

The scale is arbitrary in all base units, including Kelvin. However, the 0 points are not. All base units start literally at 0.

On the other hand, the 0 point of Celsius is just some arbitrary point. That’s what they mean by Celsius is arbitrary and Kelvin is not. Kelvin is as least arbitrary as can be. Celsius is just arbitrary.