Has to be a norm that's currently present.
You can't make up new norms.
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Lots of hedges and caveats when speaking
People using probabilities rather than phrases "I'm 60% sure of that"
That individuals should be vegan.
This comment made me wonder what type of norm you're asking about. From Wiktionary:
- That which is normal or typical.
- Unemployment is the norm in this part of the country.
- A rule that is imposed by regulations and/or socially enforced by members of a community.
- Not eating your children is just one of those societal norms.
On second thought, veganism maybe is neither 1. nor 2., at least this is what the EA survey found 5 years ago about the frequency of veganism and vegetarianism:
39% of the effective altruism population reported being vegan or vegetarian
I think this is partly downstream of how highly EA prioritizes intelligence and seeming thoughtful/careful.