Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise

Healthy, Wealthy, & Wise

On What Is Normal Anyway?

Extreme defines the normal

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Richard L. Johnson
May 31, 2026
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“In sober truth, whatever homage may be professed, or even paid, to real or supposed mental superiority, the general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.” - John Stuart Mill

What the hell is normal anyway? It is the extreme that defines “normal”. Normal is one of the most deceptive words in th…

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