• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    9 months ago

    Both are equally arbitrary. You just have to know a handful of temperatures that you use in your day to day life either way.

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        9 months ago

        Hum… Around here water boils at ~96°C (some labs measure that). And it seems to not freeze at 0°C anywhere on Earth, as it’s never pure water, with never an homogeneous freezing point.

        It is repeatable, it’s not very arbitrary, but “intuitive” doesn’t apply in any way.