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%NORMAL BEHAVIOR EXPLANATION UNUSUAL CONFORMAL+790813
%EXPECTED UNIQUE DIFFERENT ARISTOTLE+790813
%NEWTON SCIENCE POLITICAL POWER 790813
Normal behavior is behavior which does not attract
special attention; it is not unusual, because it fulfills
expectations. Normal behavior conforms to expectations,
and so does not elicit any desire for an explanation.
There is nothing particularly unique or different about
normal behavior.
It is normal for moving objects to come to rest, so
stopping is commonly regarded as normal behavior. Most
people do not seek an explanation for why objects which
are in motion stop. It is abnormal for a moving object to
continue in motion, and so people are more likely to ask
why such an object continues in motion. Aristotle so
regarded motion and was accepted as an authority for about
one thousand years of unimaginative thoughtless recitation
of his circular explanations for continued motion.
Understanding depends upon asking helpful new
questions, upon identifying normal behavior.
Understanding of the mechanics of physical objects did not
develop until scientists recognized that constant velocity
was normal, and changing velocity required explanation.
Newton's Laws of Motion explain what Aristotle regarded as
normal behavior.
Perhaps human understanding of human dynamics will
not develop until we change our assumptions regarding what
is normal human behavior, and what human behavior requires
explanation. Which of the following do not require
explanation: generosity, curiosity, affection,
aggression, happiness, selfishness, listening, withdrawal,
genius, creativity, cooperation, competition, love, hate,
alienation, excommunication, conscience, taboo, fear,
courage, arrogance, pride, etc. We set the stage for
explanation by what we choose as normal behavior. If we
make inappropriate choices and seek explanations for what
will turn out to be normal behavior, then we will be
unlikely to find helpful explanations. Our search for
explanations may in fact generate perverted behavior to
the point that normal behavior will appear to be
perverted---and require explanations of the kinds we have
invented. Then healthy people will appear to be sick, and
political power will be given to the sick people who
appear to be healthy. Abnormal scientists will try to
explain the abnormal protestations of the healthy people,
and generate perversions through their efforts.
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