Navigational Miracle or Fiction?

hardee · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:02 am Post subject:

WOW, and I thought I was messed up because I can't get to first base.

I know what time it is, approximately, and about where I am. Just tryin to figure out why is keepin me busy most of the time.

The rest of the time, I think I'll take a nap..............

Harvey
SleepyC Moon

Foggy · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:07 am Post subject:

Mathematics, using numbers, is not a pure science and can be confusing;
erebeit (my term), the above discussion.

Only ideas are pure. They are often wrong but they can be pure.

For example, in *F, say today is 33* and tomorrow is forecast to be 2X as warm.
How warm is it expected to be tomorrow? Yes, easy and most of you are correct.

Now try this one, still in*F. Today it is 0* and tomorrow is forecast to be 2X as
cold. How cold is it expected to be tomorrow?

Not fair with a "zero"? OK, try this instead, still in*F. Today it is 1* and tomorrow
is forecast to be 2X as cold. How cold is it expected to be tomorrow?

I rest my case.

Aye.

rogerbum · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 1:38 pm Post subject:

TyBoo · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 2:09 pm Post subject:

There is no such thing as cold so it cannot be measured in asterisks (*) or degrees (º). The word is merely an abstract expression for the absence of heat.

AstoriaDave · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 5:03 pm Post subject:

Foggy's comparisons could only be accurately and sensibly done if the temperatures were on an absolute scale, the Kelvin scale, for example. Tyboo and rogerbum are both correct.

Foggy · Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:00 pm Post subject:

Hey, above are everyday common questions about environmental
temperature fluctuation in simple everyday language and terminology
using numbers in * (degrees) F.

As stated, it's confusing as you have demonstrated tho' nit picking on
semantics and nomenclature. Numbers can be tricky.

Aye.
Grandpa used to say, "In the North, you'll know it's really cold when your
boys show as lumps under your jaw."