tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post2425543405297885387..comments2023-11-03T03:38:18.095-07:00Comments on Outside The Asylum: I see your Bill Nye the Science Guy and your Ken Ham the Creation ManTheodore M. Seeberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-16333191337365327172014-02-20T10:04:33.005-08:002014-02-20T10:04:33.005-08:00If being left handed is so tolerated and tolerable...If being left handed is so tolerated and tolerable, why are gearshifts in cars on the right?<br /><br /><br />I also fail to understand the difference between a deviation and a variation when talking about normal.Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729840800201160730.post-49451371934702632382014-02-06T18:37:13.927-08:002014-02-06T18:37:13.927-08:00Normal can just mean "conforming to a standar...Normal can just mean "conforming to a standard." So it depends what the standard is when it comes to deciding if something is just a variation (even if rare) or rather a deviation. Being left-handed is now a perfectly normal occurrence, for example. It doesn't violate any standard, and it's certainly tolerated and tolerable.Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.com