(Off Topic!) Radiolab: “New Normal”

[OKIsItJustMe]

Frequently on this board, people muse about “human nature” (for good or for ill.)

Recently, the folks at Radiolab put together a show which considers altering what is “normal behavior.” I’ve only just now listened to it. I highly recommend it; it may challenge your idea of what is “normal”.

http://blogs.wnyc.org/radiolab/2009/10/19/new-normal/

Radiolab

New Normal?

October 19, 2009

How do you tell the difference between a sea change and a ripple in the water? Is a peacenik baboon, a man in a dress, or a cuddly fox a sign of things to come? Or just a flukey outlier from the norm? Is there ever really even a norm? In this hour we examine three stories that reframe our sense of normalcy.

(Audio of the entire show available at the link.)