Is it normal to think 'common sense' is overrated?

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I think people give way too much credit to 'common sense'. I think that many things in the world run contrary to 'common sense' understanding, such as some theorems in probability and statistics, quantum mechanics, economics (people REALLY try to invoke 'common sense' ideas here), politics (and ESPECIALLY here), and so forth. Yesterday, it might have been common sense that the devil makes you sneeze and that one could determine the age of the earth by counting the number of 'begats' in the Bible. Nowadays, many people might not think that's the case. Personally, I think that common sense in some ways might hamper one's understanding of more difficult concepts and while I can understand it being useful to understand more mundane things, I really hate how people try to drag it into more esoteric topics. I don't see what's so good about 'common sense'.

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  • howaminotmyself
    9 years ago

    You kind of missed what common sense actually means. Just because something is a common belief, does not mean it was derived of common sense.

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  • chole
    9 years ago

    It is a tool used to mold people into the basic standards of this world.

    Be grateful though, without it (and all its varying forms from respective cultural differences), it would be too chaotic.

    On the plus side, if you observe it enough, perhaps you may learn to understand how to use it or discard it for your own benefits.

    Every tool is to be used and every game is to be played.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    I think those without common sense are doomed to a life of walking into walls.
    All that drivel, "some theorems in probability and statistics, quantum mechanics, economics (people REALLY try to invoke 'common sense' ideas here), politics (and ESPECIALLY here), and so forth" is useless if you don't have the common sense to get out of the way of a speeding car.

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  • Freedom_
    9 years ago

    Common sense is for the common people. What we need here is logic.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    i like it and wish i had more of it

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