Robert Anton Wilson - What is Normal?

First recorded in Chicago in 1994, and not found until 15 years later, these recordings reveal Robert Anton Wilson in free thought. In this session, Bob talks about his favourite philosophers, and the elusive concept of normality.
License: CC0 1.0 Universal

[@irishelk3]

Wow, he was a brilliant guy just bursting with intelligence and knowledge and all of his stories and curiosities about life, he has taught me things about my own country that i didnt even know, what a fucking guy.

[@patrickkihn]

“The normal is that which none of us quite are.”
Highly quotable!

[@louisdebeer2055]

RAW was absolutely hilarious and brilliant

[@babbarr77]

Alfred Jarry, whom he mentioned, wrote the ¨Ubu¨ plays. he took on the characteristics of the main character, became him, so to speak, and wandered the streets of Paris as this strange figure. Freud named the ¨Jarry syndrome¨ after him.

[@zlatkofinik9602]

3:15 I had to pause to laugh.
I forgot how much I appreciate this kind of thought.

[@everest001]

Pure blarney. Bravissimo!

[@kokorodokoro]

So simple and so obvious yet so easy to forget. Thanks again Bob.

[@user-lv4en4hb7l]

RAW

[@1973Washu]

I have 5 tonnes of flax and I am 23 miles to the nearest town... hit it

[@tinaboennemann9805]

So much Info in 4 minutes ?! That's Not normal eh 😂

[@oliveostrich903]

😂

[@tristanreynolds5748]

John scotus eriugena

[@votingcitizen]

"inventor of patapsychology"? wasn't that Alfred Jarry?

[@RealProfessionalHumanBeing]

Isn't this another way of expressing Platonic Forms?

[@Martin0]

No, the normalists are submerged in the world of forms and fundamentally deny the material

[@codedlAnguage]

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[@AtacamaHumanoid]

Surely, many people are the average size and average height.

[@slowpoke5042]

For how long? The normal amount of time?

[@AtacamaHumanoid]

@@slowpoke5042 LOL, I missed that one before. Thanks to Seven Inches for commenting so I saw it.

[@Frontgecko42]

Your height slightly changes from the morning to the night due to gravity

[@leschosescachees9500]

The more averages you add up the less people it corresponds to. That's the paradox of statistical normalcy.

[@leschosescachees9500]

@@AtacamaHumanoid not what I'm saying. Try to find an average weight, average height, average income, average number of children, average political opinions, average hair length, average car model, average domicile surface, average musical taste etc... man. The more you add up those averages the more difficult it is to find actual real guys corresponding to the criterias. Just try with your friends and family.

[@rudeegodbard4246]

The "normalists" are trying to establish a "new normal"🤣

[@dpclerks09]

😂💓💫🌎