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minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoI use this as an example for interval vs ratio; you can’t halve Celsius because it’s an interval scale where zero is arbitrary. Kelvin is ratio as it has an absolute zero-- you very much can halve it and doom near the entire planet next summer
minus-squareyetiftw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down14·11 days agoarguably setting zero to absolute zero is just as arbitrary
I use this as an example for interval vs ratio; you can’t halve Celsius because it’s an interval scale where zero is arbitrary. Kelvin is ratio as it has an absolute zero-- you very much can halve it and doom near the entire planet next summer
arguably setting zero to absolute zero is just as arbitrary