Average body temperature is 98.6F
You forgot to end your post with a suitable closing:This is a myth. When the average body temperature was first determined, it was (and still is) considered to be "about 37°C" which essentially means somewhere between 36 and 38. Translating 37 Celsius to Fahrenheit gives 98.6 which almost everyone in the USA considers sacrosanct but is nothing of the kind. Such precision is nonsensical. There is a lot of variation between people as to what their typical body temperature is, and of course it varies by where you measure it as well.
Average body temperature is 98.6F...
What is the average temperature in your home? Summer? Winter?
Why?
You forgot to end your post with a suitable closing:
You're right; sorry.
This is something that has annoyed me for many years and I sometimes let it get to me.
Average body temperature is 98.6F...
What is the average temperature in your home? Summer? Winter?
Why?
This is a myth. When the average body temperature was first determined, it was (and still is) considered to be "about 37°C" which essentially means somewhere between 36 and 38. Translating 37 Celsius to Fahrenheit gives 98.6 which almost everyone in the USA considers sacrosanct but is nothing of the kind. Such precision is nonsensical. There is a lot of variation between people as to what their typical body temperature is, and of course it varies by where you measure it as well.
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer.Is it the same temperature if you take it orally or....... uh....the other way?
Actually there is a nice circadian rhythm to body temperature. You begin to cool off in the late afternoon, reach bottom around midnight, and begin to warm up again at 4 a.m. or so. Blood pressure follows a circadian rhythm too with peak BP at about 7 a.m.This is a myth. When the average body temperature was first determined, it was (and still is) considered to be "about 37°C" which essentially means somewhere between 36 and 38. Translating 37 Celsius to Fahrenheit gives 98.6 which almost everyone in the USA considers sacrosanct but is nothing of the kind. Such precision is nonsensical. There is a lot of variation between people as to what their typical body temperature is, and of course it varies by where you measure it as well.
Reminds me of the old joke about the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer.