I've ignored the "theory of normalization of deviance" twice today and so far nothing catastrophic has happened, so I guess it is safe to ignore it even more.
ref: https://www.google.com/search?q=normalization+of+deviance&oq=normalization+of+deviance&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.286j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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January 10, 2018