tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post2632454163977471534..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: just noticeable difference of temperature?Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-66293254382643888542007-09-17T07:05:00.000-07:002007-09-17T07:05:00.000-07:00On the other hand, I live in one of those temperat...On the other hand, I live in one of those temperate climate and find the extra gradients in Fahrenheit around 32 degrees more useful than celsius.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129618362468803708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-76941911997293614242007-09-15T12:26:00.000-07:002007-09-15T12:26:00.000-07:00Argh, the previous "anonymous" post was mine. I ne...Argh, the previous "anonymous" post was mine. I <I>never</I> post anonymous comments, but my finger slipped and off into the ether it went.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-65891654603497038172007-09-15T12:24:00.000-07:002007-09-15T12:24:00.000-07:00But on the other hand, if you're living in a tempe...But on the other hand, if you're living in a temperate climate then the most important temperature of all, and the one temperature where small changes make a very noticable difference, is the temperature at which water freezes. Or ice melts. So I find it very natural to have that being the zero on the temperature scale. Of course, it <I>could</I> just be because that's what I am used to. But 32 strikes me as an odd number for such an important role. (Yeah, there is a joke in there. Don't mention it.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-73650099650052280712007-09-15T11:05:00.000-07:002007-09-15T11:05:00.000-07:00Hmmmm! According to Wikipedia, one version of the ...Hmmmm! According to Wikipedia, one version of the Fahrenheit story claims that Fahrenheit calibrated the zero on his scale to the lowest outdoor temperature he could measure, and that he did so specifically to avoid negative temperatures in everyday life. There are a <I>lot</I> of versions of the story, though... :PAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281785407407667986noreply@blogger.com