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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Touché but you know what I mean. It's the most logical to have absolute zero be zero.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Maybe in some scientific settings, but nowhere else. Why would it be logical to use a temperature system in every-day life who's base is set to a temperature that doesn't exist on Earth? Celsius and Fahrenheit are human-scale measurements, useful in daily applications. Celsius is a bit more logic-y, and Fahrenheit is intuitive.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But there are multiple that have absolute zero at zero
0°R=0K