• @calabast@lemm.ee
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      71 month ago

      Artifex was saying that Celsius is too hard for many Americans to grasp, and suggesting switching it to Fahrenheit would be more understandable by most Americans, and maybe make them take it more seriously.

      Switching to Kelvin would be even worse. 99% of Americans would hear “Oh no, a 3 Kelvin increase! Lol, get bent, science nerds!”

      • artifex
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        51 month ago

        Also 1 degree C is the same as 1 degree K - only the starting point is different

    • @7355608@lemmy.world
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      Because Americans are stupid, some of them because they choose to be, others because the education system was designed to fail them. A significant portion of the population doesn’t understand what K° is, if they know it exists at all. Source: Am American

      • @Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        41 month ago

        Friendly reminder that 54% of Americans can’t even read above a 6th grade level. That’s right, a significant portion of the voting block for the most influential country on earth likely can’t understand the danger all of us are in.

        • aegis_sum
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          21 month ago

          Being intelligent in the US is a frustrating existence.