What's "normal" and what's "natural"? you see people using these words interchangeably all the time ...

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What's "normal" and what's "natural"? you see people using these words interchangeably all the time talking about this or that but what is the difference in your opinion?

Posted by razano on 23.01.2008

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Merriam-Webster's definition: Normal: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/normal 1: perpendicular; especially : perpendicular to a tangent at a point of tangency 2 a: according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle ... Natural: http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/natural 1: based on an inherent sense of right and wrong 2 a: being in accordance with or determined by nature ...

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Posted by razano on 30.01.2008

Lovely comic strip Alma!

To me normal is relative to how you grew up and where, yet natural is more into evolutionary, instinct-based. Nature is more inclusive.

Posted by alma on 30.01.2008

This is a strip from one of my favorite comics ever- Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. It explains what I think about Natural and Normal- all of it is relative.

Posted by razano on 24.01.2008

Shalabieh, my quest goes into how do you use these words? Do you use them to say the same thing or different things?

Posted by sheikh on 24.01.2008

hmmm. Well, to me, a "normal" thing or activity is when the conditions for that thing or activity make it mainstream or faily stable. Natural, on the other hand, is when things are far deeper, sometimes touching the core or essence of that thing or activity.

I would also suspect that the "meaning" might be context dependent.

Posted by Shalabieh on 23.01.2008

I know you put up the definitions but can you give an example or two razano?