I'm sorry, but I have a hard time judging a difference between 68 F and
69 F. Or 89 F and 90F.

16 and 17C, yep, I notice a difference there.

On Feb 1, 2006, at 12:43 AM, John Bange wrote:

> On 1/31/06, Jeff Palmer <icecoldvw@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> How is 70 degrees Fahrenheit more user friendly or more 'appropriate'
>> than
>> 20 degrees Celsius?
>
>
> It's not that "70" is better than "20", it's that the difference
> between 20C
> and 21C is generally too coarse a gradiation in comparison to human
> ability
> to sense temperature. Fahrenheit, more by luck than anything else,
> pretty
> much exactly hits that sweet spot. Fairly mundane claim to fame, but
> hey,
> most people leave mundane lives.
>