2023-12-20 On revamping the English translation system natural , what is usual , [natural
2018-04-21 natural (normal) The “natural” is “what distribution your observable sample has. If the people around you are between 9 and 11 for an attribute, it is “normal to be around 10” and you are surprised when you see someone with 20. If the people around you are 10, 20, or 30, then “the average is 20, but the swing is large”. So I am not surprised to see people with 40.
2021-10-22 what is usual (obvious) If “X is natural,” to whom is it natural?
- You’re claiming it’s the norm for everyone.
- You’re merely saying that it’s the norm for you.
- The former is a pretty strong argument
When you learn something in your field, you start to feel that a lot of things are “normal”.
- This is remarkable when you write a commentary book
- What is it? Should I explain this content? Should I write it down because it’s obvious?”
- Even what you feel is “obvious” is not obvious to most readers, so you should explain it if the amount of space allows.
- It’s usually the quantity that doesn’t allow for it, so you’ll have to worry about it.
Bias to write about things that are not obvious.
- Maybe lower quality of output in the long run (untested)
- Truth is the best policy in the long run. and related?
- The author’s own sense of what is “natural” and the reader’s sense of what is not.
Regarding readers who say “this is a matter of course” in response to something written about the obvious.
- This is someone who understands the subject of the commentary very well and should be respected.
- People who unconsciously generalize what they consider “normal” from their own perspective.
- That “what is obvious to you is not obvious to other readers because it is not obvious to them.”
When you take for granted what others have written.
- I tend to say “of course” too, but maybe that’s not such a good thing.
- After all, “natural” is subjective, so the statement may not lead to constructive discussion!
2021-11-29 natural
- I feel there is a sway in the meaning of “natural” when considered in relation to Knowledge of Rootless Grass.
- The “norm” born of my experience.
- The “norm” as told to me by others.
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