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We base what is normal off of all of our memories, but nobody holds every memory that ever was, so everyone has a different perception of normal, but if there is or isn't a universal normal, depends on the expanse of the universe.
If the universe is unlimited then there is no universal perception of normal. There can be no normal that applies entirely to one thing while not applying to another thing, because everything is relative to everything else (some of everything effects everything.), but something can still have less or more of something. There are things that seem to be entirely one thing, like colors. If you see something and think it's entirely white, that's only because your mind can't comprehend anything brighter, so it only sees white as a replacement. Is there a normal to us? Well it depends on the limits of our imagination, and perception. It seems that we do have a limit, but I think that is only because part of our mind is subconscious and part is conscious. I think that the stronger our connection with our subconscious is, the less limited our perception and imagination become. Last edited by 9_ki_kid; 06-21-2007 at 05:51 PM.. Reason: I added more to my post. |
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Ever heard:
"We're all different, and that's what makes us the same." It was on TV...Nick I think...
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i read the whole thread, and my thoughts on what is "normal" have changed a bit.
what normal is or isn't completely depends on the eye of the beholder. it is something the way beauty and perfection is preceived. it is completely reliant on how a person grew up. say, some one who grew up in a bad neighborhood may think it "normal" that a gang fight happens every so often, and some one is killed, while some one who grew up in a nice, calm neighborhood may think it frightening that a person in their region got injured during an armed robbery of their house, and think it "abnormal." a less death-related example would be comparing children that grew up in different countries. take a child from Africa, a child from Japan, a child from the U.S. and a child from Australia, and have them write down their more simplistic views of what is "normal" to them. their veiws would obviously be less in-depth than discussed here, seeing as they are probably too young to grasp some of these concepts, but most likely, each simple summary will contrast greatly. what i agree most with is something Devonin already stated: "It is normal to feel that killing someone for no reason is wrong. In functionally every society that as ever existed in the world, killing somebody for no reason at all has been considered wrong. When so many people for so many centuries have all been in agreement about that, it is pretty compelling to say that it is -normal- and that anyone who feels otherwise is abnormal." that truely is, in my opinion, the only thing that every "normal" human being would agree with. ![]() |
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Very Grave Indeed
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That was just the most obvious and agreeable example, there are plenty of others that I'm sure we could all come up with and agree with, but the main point stands: Normal as a linguistic term implies the quality or behavior possessed by the majority of your sample. If you try to apply the word to some larger scale than that, just to point out that it doesn't apply to that larger scale, well...it's normal to do that. *grin*
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i think people define normal as whatever the world is saying we should do. dress like this, eat this, buy this car, use this makeup, sleep with people every weekend, party all the time -- normal? for the world. i say screw the world and do whatever you want to do - not what the world wants you to. be who you are and who you want to be, for petes sake
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Very Grave Indeed
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This thread isn't even talking about whether people -ought- to try and act according to the societal norms where they live, we're discussing just what the term even -means-
I suspect you'd find an awful lot of people in this forum who find many of the norms of their culture to be distatseful. |
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I believe, and since reading this, believe more firmly, that normal is relative to the individual in question. On a personal level, normality is just basically their routine lifestyle. Take for instance the boy at the icecream stand? He likes chocolate Ice cream, getting it is normal for him, so when he sees someone get vanilla, he wigs out... because that's weird. and from there, there are so many normalitys to different cultures that inevitably, a search for true normality will only lead to chaos....
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