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There's a couple of people in my f-list that I think will find interest in that and they'll agree with it, but I'm not really sure that I do. I guess it depends on how you interpret the meaning of the last line and the conditions placed on the definitions.
Though FWIW, if I start placing conditions on the definitions, then the message is probably correct in a purely semantic sense and I can understand that interpretation, but I do think it's a technicality and that at the root, they are not 'right' but using terms that are too vague and casting a loose net to make their point.
One could make the counter argument that I am biased. I could not disagree with that assessment, but I would also point out that being biased doesn't make one inherently wrong. It just means to take their interpretations with a grain of salt.
From my perspective, 'normal' is like 'quality'. You know it when you see it.
There's a couple of people in my f-list that I think will find interest in that and they'll agree with it, but I'm not really sure that I do. I guess it depends on how you interpret the meaning of the last line and the conditions placed on the definitions.
Though FWIW, if I start placing conditions on the definitions, then the message is probably correct in a purely semantic sense and I can understand that interpretation, but I do think it's a technicality and that at the root, they are not 'right' but using terms that are too vague and casting a loose net to make their point.
One could make the counter argument that I am biased. I could not disagree with that assessment, but I would also point out that being biased doesn't make one inherently wrong. It just means to take their interpretations with a grain of salt.
From my perspective, 'normal' is like 'quality'. You know it when you see it.
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Date: 2009-11-12 12:20 am (UTC)1) I'm reminded of the great Lore, who pointed that the commonly accepted concept of 'normal' is very, very, creepy. (1, 2, 3, 4)
2) Look at it is thusly: Given a bell curve, while the middle of the curve might have the highest point, those actually AT the point is exceedingly small. You're much more likely to be greater than half a standard deviation away than actually within half a standard deviation. Heck, you're much more likely to be greater than over 1.7 standard deviations away than actually within a tenth of a deviation.
3) Oakland Raiders fans serve a very valuable purpose: they make Furries look normal in comparison.