I’d assume the opposite, since I don’t think physicists (and other thermodynamic scientists like some chemists) make up a majority of LW readers, but it’s irrelevant. I can (and did) put both forms side-by-side to allow both physicists and non-physicists to better understand the magnitude of the temperature difference. (And since laymen are more likely to skim over the number and ignore the letter, it’s disproportionately more important to include Fahrenheit.)
Edit: wait, delta-K is equivalent to delta-C. In that case, since physicists ⋃ metric-users might make up the majority of LW readers, you’re probably right about the number of users.
I’d assume the opposite, since I don’t think physicists (and other thermodynamic scientists like some chemists) make up a majority of LW readers, but it’s irrelevant. I can (and did) put both forms side-by-side to allow both physicists and non-physicists to better understand the magnitude of the temperature difference. (And since laymen are more likely to skim over the number and ignore the letter, it’s disproportionately more important to include Fahrenheit.)
Edit: wait, delta-K is equivalent to delta-C. In that case, since physicists ⋃ metric-users might make up the majority of LW readers, you’re probably right about the number of users.
About half of LessWrong users (or at least visitors) are from places other than the U.S., which means there are a lot more metric users.