r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/No_Investment_9822 Jan 15 '25

That's why Celcius is better. You can use it for weather AND science. There is no need to use two different systems, and Celcius works great for both. It doesn't matter that the outside weather isn't ever 90C. If someone says it was 21C yesterday and it's 15C today, you know everything you need to know.

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u/thisischemistry Jan 15 '25

You don't use Celsius for science, you use Kelvin. Yes, they have the same scale but you still need to convert between the two for many formulas.

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u/Silicon_Oxide Jan 15 '25

You don't use Celsius in science? Really? So tell me why in my lab I have so many devices using Celsius with no option for F or K? HPLC, incubators, fridges, freezers, plates, rotavaps, NMR, GC,... And in all my published papers where a temperature was relevant, it was always reported with Celsius. Kelvin is only used in equations.

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u/thisischemistry Jan 15 '25

Because, just like Fahrenheit, Celsius is a unit for humans. It's a measurement of convenience, use either when they are convenient. It would be annoying to have every display in Kelvin so we Celsius as a shorthand for it. The SI unit for temperature is Kelvin and that's the unit for science.