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Is there such a thing as "Normal" or is it a myth?
Replies: 17Last Post Jan. 10 3:47pm by jelli1224
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There is such a thing as normal. 15 50%
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InsaneBlue


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Yum, semantics.

I say assign everyone a number from 0 to 100 for how well they match each of, say, 100,000 traits, plot it on a 100,000 dimensional graph, find the median, and draw a hypersphere of radius 15 around it. Within lie your normal people. Unless you throw together some looney science like that the notion of "normal" can only remain subjective. So in my opinion, "is there such thing as normal" is not the correct question to ask, because "normal" is just a word, and such a common one that no matter what lengths you go to, it will always be used to categorize people. There will always be such thing as "normal" insofar as people will always use it in that context. What I would then ask is "how could 'normal' be re-defined in the context of human characteristics such that it is actually useful?", as it is in most other contexts. Perhaps it cannot be.

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normal people worry about their tiny little families, if their kids are being bullied etc.

Great people worry about the future of mankind.


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Personally, I really don't think there is a such thing as being "normal" because when you stop and think about it, what is "normal" exactly? We all stop and say, "Oh, I want to be normal." But honestly, I don't think anyone really knows what normal is. I think what we tend to do as humans is look at people that we love and admire, decide that they are "normal" in nature and then go from there, saying that we want to be "normal" when we really just want to be like them or have similar characteristics. I have honestly found the idea of being "normal" quite funny because it's something that everyone tries to become, but no one really knows what being normal really is. So for me, I think that being normal is just a myth. :)

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