>>>>>>Well I never said I was normal... though if I'm also nuts I've never measured to what degree. Maybe I should just look at the(1+rmometer).
>>>>>
>>>>>Normal? I can not code and claim to be normal.
>>>>
>>>>You're perpendicular?
>>>
>>>Is this a requirement?
>>>
>>>View one
>>>To be a good programmer, you must have an odd view, programming is more about what possibly could go wrong then straight forward solution seeking.
>>>
>>>View two
>>>To program, one must have an analytical mind
>>>
>>>Now, tell me what of both is normal? Both are rare. The first one makes a good nitpicker, the second one a scientist.
>>>The combination is even odder. This will bounce back to daily life. Normal. in the sense of common, is something different.
>>>
>>>To have the skills, one will normally end up IQ125 and above. This is a rarity of 21 or only 4.75% will end up there. Assuming the sum of all skills is constant, one pay a price for this. Bein social awkward, have two hand full of thumbs, name it. IOW - not normal. Normal is IQ 100, that's the definition.
>>>
>>>;)
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>>To clarify -- I was referring to "normal" in a mathematical sense, which means to be perpendicular, as opposed to "tangent" which would be along the surface.
>
>Ah! Orthogonal!

I often jokingly blame Disney for how I turned out -- the animated short "Donald in Mathmagic Land" ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052751/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ) has had quite an influence on my life. And of course there's also the manga "Doraemon" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon )