AxialGem t1_j6m9gf2 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 9:27 AM

Reply to comment by lenthech1ne in The direction of temperature is arbitrary. There is no reason for hot objects to be assigned a larger number than cold ones by Crux_AMVS24

You could still make a scale that represented 'more heat' as a lower number though

GoldenSteel t1_j6msrnz wrote on January 31, 2023 at 1:17 PM

It'd be kind of pointless. We know the point at which things cannot get colder. I'm not sure there is a point at which things can't get hotter.

AxialGem t1_j6n1204 wrote on January 31, 2023 at 2:22 PM

Why would that be any more pointless than a scale like Celsius? Instead of hotter things being denoted into the millions of degrees, they would just be into the minus millions.

There would just be an upper limit to the number instead of a lower one