Like my gross anatomy teacher said, "normal is simply the most commonly occurring variant". I look forward to seeing answers to your excellent question.
Originally Posted by Iaintliein
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Right. Why do so many people think the opposite of "normal" has to be "wrong"? Technically it is "abnormal", but abnormal just means that you are not in the normal set. The word itself makes no value judgment on whether that difference is good or bad, right or wrong. In some cases a particular difference may be bad, but another difference may be good. They are both abnormal by definition. And right/wrong and good/bad are so open to individual interpretation.
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