irelephant [he/him]🍭 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 14 hours agoNormal people probably don't consider themselves normal.message-square20fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down13
arrow-up164arrow-down1message-squareNormal people probably don't consider themselves normal.irelephant [he/him]🍭 to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 14 hours agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareZephyrXerolinkEnglish5•edit-29 hours 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@latenightnoirlink1•12 hours 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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