okay, i am tired of this question. but we haven't decided any thing, just asked a lot of questions.
oh well.
arrrrgggghhhh! i want chocolate! and i am stuck on a planet where everyone thinks that the world is round, but i know better! the world is a square! and so shall it remain a square until it explodes into little fireworks!!
ah! now that is nice. (kidding)
--morning star
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
what is normal? part 2
okay! In our last episode, we (i) layed out in excruciating detail the typical bounderies of 'normality'.
so if we have (just speculating) only one person on the planet who is different from the rest, then does this make them normal? or does this make the rest of the world normal? or does this mean that green slime from outer space will come and eat us all! naw! just kidding on that one!
so....other than the dictionary definition. what is normal? is it the majority of something? or the minority? is it whatever you happen to be at the present moment?
Or are we all just odd?
i am no good at answerers just questions. but i think ( if anyone gets around to reading this) thease questions will prove at least a little bit of use to someone.
i am not normal--this is a fact. however i have five friends who are somewhat like me, they are not normal.
another fact--there is no person on this earth who is the exact same as another. we are all unique.
does this mean that we are all normal? or are we all weird??
ah! back to this question again. it is all a big circle.
and i must do something else so good bye!
so if we have (just speculating) only one person on the planet who is different from the rest, then does this make them normal? or does this make the rest of the world normal? or does this mean that green slime from outer space will come and eat us all! naw! just kidding on that one!
so....other than the dictionary definition. what is normal? is it the majority of something? or the minority? is it whatever you happen to be at the present moment?
Or are we all just odd?
i am no good at answerers just questions. but i think ( if anyone gets around to reading this) thease questions will prove at least a little bit of use to someone.
i am not normal--this is a fact. however i have five friends who are somewhat like me, they are not normal.
another fact--there is no person on this earth who is the exact same as another. we are all unique.
does this mean that we are all normal? or are we all weird??
ah! back to this question again. it is all a big circle.
and i must do something else so good bye!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
what is normal? part 1
this is the beggining of a dibate i am going to have with myself if someone does not comment soon!
the big question: What is Normal? --the standard deviation, the mean, the average,....?
according to Dictionary.com, (citation at bottom)
this is alot! ant most of it does not have any thing to do with what i am talking about.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!
the big question: What is Normal? --the standard deviation, the mean, the average,....?
according to Dictionary.com, (citation at bottom)
normal is "–adjective
1.conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
2.serving to establish a standard.
3.Psychology.
a.approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b.free from any mental disorder; sane.
4.Biology, Medicine/Medical.
a.free from any infection or other form of disease or malformation, or from experimental therapy or manipulation.
b.of natural occurrence.
5.Mathematics.
a.being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.
b.of the nature of or pertaining to a mathematical normal.
c.(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the square of the absolute value of any function is 1.
d.(of a topological space) having the property that corresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets are two disjoint open sets, each containing one of the closed sets.
e.(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set of elements results when all the elements of the subgroup are operated on consistently on the left and consistently on the right by any element of the group; invariant.
6.Chemistry.
a.(of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of the constituent in question in one liter of solution.
b.pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight unbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which is joined to no more than two other carbon atoms.
c.of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceable hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replaced by other groups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na2SO4. –noun
7.the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.
8.the standard or type.
9.Mathematics.
a.a perpendicular line or plane, esp. one perpendicular to a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of a surface, at the point of contact.
b.the portion of this perpendicular line included between its point of contact with the curve and the x-axis.
[Origin: 1520–30; <>norm) + -ālis -al1] "
1.conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
2.serving to establish a standard.
3.Psychology.
a.approximately average in any psychological trait, as intelligence, personality, or emotional adjustment.
b.free from any mental disorder; sane.
4.Biology, Medicine/Medical.
a.free from any infection or other form of disease or malformation, or from experimental therapy or manipulation.
b.of natural occurrence.
5.Mathematics.
a.being at right angles, as a line; perpendicular.
b.of the nature of or pertaining to a mathematical normal.
c.(of an orthogonal system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the square of the absolute value of any function is 1.
d.(of a topological space) having the property that corresponding to every pair of disjoint closed sets are two disjoint open sets, each containing one of the closed sets.
e.(of a subgroup) having the property that the same set of elements results when all the elements of the subgroup are operated on consistently on the left and consistently on the right by any element of the group; invariant.
6.Chemistry.
a.(of a solution) containing one equivalent weight of the constituent in question in one liter of solution.
b.pertaining to an aliphatic hydrocarbon having a straight unbranched carbon chain, each carbon atom of which is joined to no more than two other carbon atoms.
c.of or pertaining to a neutral salt in which any replaceable hydroxyl groups or hydrogen atoms have been replaced by other groups or atoms, as sodium sulfate, Na2SO4. –noun
7.the average or mean: Production may fall below normal.
8.the standard or type.
9.Mathematics.
a.a perpendicular line or plane, esp. one perpendicular to a tangent line of a curve, or a tangent plane of a surface, at the point of contact.
b.the portion of this perpendicular line included between its point of contact with the curve and the x-axis.
[Origin: 1520–30; <>norm) + -ālis -al1] "
this is alot! ant most of it does not have any thing to do with what i am talking about.
What i stpe cificaly want to talk about is, what is the norm for people or are we all odditys???
any answeres? coments? is anyone even reading this? does any one even care?????!!!!
nope. *sigh* i will just go on talking,
to myself,
alone,
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!!!
okay, i'm better now!
but seriously, someone tell me what normal is!
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American Psychological Association (APA):
normal. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved August 01, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/normal
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American Psychological Association (APA):
normal. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved August 01, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/normal
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