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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8645973" data-attributes="member: 7023840">So ... yeah. Temperature is an objective scale. If it is 98 degrees right now, and yesterday it was 90, then it is hotter today.Subjectively, it might feel cooler for all sorts of reasons. But temperature (whether measured in Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, or something else) is the measure of the average kinetic energy.Now, if someone wants to get technical and say &quot;heat isn't temperature&quot; I would accept that. But for all practical purposes, if we accept the common understanding the measure of kinetic energy is the measure of the heat or cold, then I think we're good. (Cf. &quot;The earth doesn't revolve around the sun, they both revolve around a point that is the center mass of the solar system&quot;).What you are describing is a great example of the difference between objective and subjective that we often see.Objective: 5 minutes passed while I was waiting for my test results.Subjective: It felt like two hours before they came out with the test results!<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8645973, member: 7023840"] So ... yeah. Temperature is an objective scale. If it is 98 degrees right now, and yesterday it was 90, then it is hotter today. [I]Subjectively[/I], it might [I]feel [/I]cooler for all sorts of reasons. But temperature (whether measured in Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, or something else) is the measure of the average kinetic energy. Now, if someone wants to get technical and say "heat isn't temperature" I would accept that. But for all practical purposes, if we accept the common understanding the measure of kinetic energy is the measure of the heat or cold, then I think we're good. (Cf. "The earth doesn't revolve around the sun, they both revolve around a point that is the center mass of the solar system"). What you are describing is a great example of the difference between objective and subjective that we often see. Objective: 5 minutes passed while I was waiting for my test results. Subjective: [I]It felt like two hours before they came out with the test results![/I] :) [/QUOTE]

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