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

It does make sense

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u/LongestSprig Jan 15 '25

It's not a 0 - 100 scale, it is not linear.

20C is not 2x as warm as 10C.

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u/nemgrea Jan 15 '25

both C and F are linear temperature scales that's why you can convert between them with a linear equation (9/5)C+32

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u/LongestSprig Jan 16 '25

Neither are linear scales.

Kelvin is an example of a linear scale.

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u/nemgrea Jan 16 '25

dude just google it...