irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days agoNormal people probably don't consider themselves normal.message-square24fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down14
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareNormal people probably don't consider themselves normal.irelephant [he/him]🍭 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareZephyrXerolinkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-215 days ago[Correction: the use as “typical or common” predates its use in math. https://www.etymonline.com/word/normal] “Normal” is first and foremost a mathematical concept. And so by definition, everything can not all be normal
minus-square@latenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•16 days agoRespectfully disagree, our interpretation of mathematics is secondary to the entirety of existence. “Normal” is most definitely not exclusive to mathematics, and thus, in this context, entirely unrelated.
[Correction: the use as “typical or common” predates its use in math. https://www.etymonline.com/word/normal]
“Normal” is first and foremost a mathematical concept. And so by definition, everything can not all be normal
Respectfully disagree, our interpretation of mathematics is secondary to the entirety of existence. “Normal” is most definitely not exclusive to mathematics, and thus, in this context, entirely unrelated.
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