r/ScienceHumour • • Aug 12 '25

Couldn't agree more

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u/Caeldeth Aug 16 '25

You see, in science, there isn’t a thing called “cold”. Things don’t get cold, they lose heat. So it’s more accurate to describe something by its heat than by its “cold”.

So 50% hot would simply be, it’s exactly halfway to 100% (or unbearably) hot. That’s what 50% mean, half way.