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What is “normal”?

An individual I spoke to a while back claimed that we always need a textbook definition of the word "normal," so that we know how weird we or other individuals are. But, what exactly is that definition? Is there one? Well, according to Webster, there are eight definitions: 1. Perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency. 2. According with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle; conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern. 3. Occurring naturally. 4. Of, relating to, or characterized by average intelligence or development; free from mental disorder. 5. Having concentration of one gram equivalent of solute per liter; containing neither basic hydroxyl nor acid hydrogen; not associated; having a straight-chain structure. 6. Having the property that every coset produced by operating on the left by a given element is equal to the coset produced by operating on the right by the same element. 7. Relating to, involving, or being a normal cur...