I suppose that could be defined as being further away from the self in their own world view than a certain radius permits? That makes sense. I have mostly seen this term in 4chan texts tbh, which is why I dislike it. I feel like normie normally refers to people who are seen as “more average” than oneself, which is a flawed concept in itself, as human properties are too sparse
I guess it can be seen as some more specific data, like world view in terms of x-risk or political, in which case our two protagonists here care about it more than average and the distance to the mean is quite far. In general I would be careful with the word normie tho.
Well, as the category we want to describe here simply does not exist, or is more like a set of people outside your own bubble, which is more like a negated set than a clearly definable set, there are a few options.
Firstly, maybe just “non-science” person, or “non-AI” person. Defining people by what they are not is also not great tho.
Secondly, we could embrace the “wrongness” of the avergae person and just say… average person. Still wrong, but at least not negative. And probably the correct meaning gets conveyed, which is not assured with the first one.
The last, probably most correct but also impractical one is to simply name what aspect you refer to. In this case probably “people who do not follow x-risks” would be most accurate.
But I despise getting told what to call certain groups because someone could get butthurt a bit, so personally I stick with average person—just with the knowledge the average person does not exist and if I think the other person doesnt know, I convey that.
I suppose that could be defined as being further away from the self in their own world view than a certain radius permits? That makes sense. I have mostly seen this term in 4chan texts tbh, which is why I dislike it. I feel like normie normally refers to people who are seen as “more average” than oneself, which is a flawed concept in itself, as human properties are too sparse
I guess it can be seen as some more specific data, like world view in terms of x-risk or political, in which case our two protagonists here care about it more than average and the distance to the mean is quite far. In general I would be careful with the word normie tho.
Got a suggestion for an alternative? I also don’t love the negative connotation of “normie”
Well, as the category we want to describe here simply does not exist, or is more like a set of people outside your own bubble, which is more like a negated set than a clearly definable set, there are a few options.
Firstly, maybe just “non-science” person, or “non-AI” person. Defining people by what they are not is also not great tho.
Secondly, we could embrace the “wrongness” of the avergae person and just say… average person. Still wrong, but at least not negative. And probably the correct meaning gets conveyed, which is not assured with the first one.
The last, probably most correct but also impractical one is to simply name what aspect you refer to. In this case probably “people who do not follow x-risks” would be most accurate.
But I despise getting told what to call certain groups because someone could get butthurt a bit, so personally I stick with average person—just with the knowledge the average person does not exist and if I think the other person doesnt know, I convey that.