I did the math:
Room temperature is often defined as 20 degrees Celsius (although I remember it being 23C in some old textbooks).
20+16.6 is 36.6 which is the normal temperature of a human body.
20+18.6 is 38.6 which is above normal temperature, i.e. fever.
AFAIK ~42.0 degrees is lethal.
The normal average temperature for a human body. Some people run slightly hotter or colder than that.
For example, my body naturally runs slightly colder than that, almost an entire degree colder, but it's normal for my body.
Say what you want, but a fever knocking you out and having you dream weird stuff is the best part about being sick
I've never had a fever this bad
Really? You're missing out.
They're not called fever dreams for nothing.
Ok, lemme go to a hospital rq and see if there's anyone coughing. (/j)
I had 41C when I had pneumonia. I was delirious
Have to agree, felt the need to wrap up warm when I was ill once, went to sleep and it was the best sleep in my life. Woke up drenched in sweat and hot as Satan's crack but the sleep and dreams were great
The ambient temperature needs to be significantly lower than body temperature though, because your body is constantly generating heat that has to be dissipated. 36 °C is too hot for a human for long stretches of time.
Edit: And the post doesn't seem to be about ambient temperature at all.
Whenever people say that 2 degrees global average temperature increase is no big deal, I usually remind them that 2 degrees is the difference from regular body temp and being incapacitated in bed.