TehWildMan_ t1_iuinlb2 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:52 PM

0 degrees Fahrenheit and 0 degrees Celsius aren't the same temperature.

Instead 0°C = 32°F

zizou00 t1_iuio7ry wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:56 PM

Also, for every 1°C increase of temperature, you see 1.8°F increase. Not only do they not share a zero point, they increase at different rates. The only point °F = °C is -40. At any other point, if you were to plot temperatures in celsius and Fahrenheit, they'd be two straight lines diverging from eachother, the further you got from -40.

ThePlixel01 t1_iuinq2x wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:52 PM

Yeah but 100c is boiling point, and 212 is boiling point, so half the boiling point of one should be half the boiling point of the other, right?

TehWildMan_ t1_iuinutt wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:53 PM

Using terms such as "half the temperature" become meaningless statements unless using a temperature scale that starts at 0 at absolute zero.

Cyclonitron t1_iuiokn7 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Correct. Consider that in Fahrenheit, 212 is boiling and 32 is freezing. 212-32 - 180. So the halfway point between freezing and boiling in Fahrenheit is 180/2 + 32 = 122 degrees. 122 degrees Fahrenheit is in fact the same as 50 degrees Celsius.