army1987 comments on Terminology suggestion: Say "degrees utility" instead of "utils" to prompt affine thinking - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 20 May 2013 11:21:29AM * 3 points [-]

People don't seem to mess those up as often as "utils".

(OTOH, people saying stuff like “X is twice as hot as Y” when X is 80 °C and Y is 40 °C aren't totally unheard of.)

Comment author: Sniffnoy 20 May 2013 07:41:32PM 0 points [-]

An advantage of using Fahrenheit -- the zero is clearly arbitrary! :)

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