Comments on: Common Sense Isn’t That Common http://www.tracecohen.me/Trace_Cohen/2010/03/02/common-sense-isnt-that-common/ Breaking the social norms Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MCR – Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us | World online health review http://www.tracecohen.me/Trace_Cohen/2010/03/02/common-sense-isnt-that-common/comment-page-1/#comment-127 MCR – Honey, This Mirror Isn’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us | World online health review Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:55:09 +0000 http://www.tracecohen.me/?p=208#comment-127 [...] Common Sense Isn't That Common | Trace Cohen's Insight [...] [...] Common Sense Isn't That Common | Trace Cohen's Insight [...]

]]> By: Trace Cohen http://www.tracecohen.me/Trace_Cohen/2010/03/02/common-sense-isnt-that-common/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Trace Cohen Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:24:50 +0000 http://www.tracecohen.me/?p=208#comment-66 Very interesting point of view that "common sense" has become a colloquialism, never thought of it that way. Now that I think about it more of course, it is something that I generally think to myself instead of saying out loud. I like your second idea as well, that it's a misnomer or short cut. Common sense has become an assumption that anyone you talk to will have a general understanding of whatever you discuss without the need to further explain it. Thanks for your insight Robert, really added value to this post! Very interesting point of view that "common sense" has become a colloquialism, never thought of it that way. Now that I think about it more of course, it is something that I generally think to myself instead of saying out loud.

I like your second idea as well, that it's a misnomer or short cut. Common sense has become an assumption that anyone you talk to will have a general understanding of whatever you discuss without the need to further explain it.

Thanks for your insight Robert, really added value to this post!

]]> By: Robert Sloman http://www.tracecohen.me/Trace_Cohen/2010/03/02/common-sense-isnt-that-common/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Robert Sloman Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:05:44 +0000 http://www.tracecohen.me/?p=208#comment-65 I think "common sense" is a colloquialism, but nothing more. We have a majority of Americans who don't believe in evolution or actually think Jesus was born from a virgin woman (two things we know science disproves). I would wager that most of these people believe it is "common sense" to believe that a Christian god exists. Because of this, I would argue that common sense is anything but common. Common sense requires a rational view of the universe, and unfortunately most people can't handle that. If you ask me "common sense" is a misnomer; a short cut in logic that makes using it intellectually dishonest. Even mathematicians know that '1+1=2' needs about a paragraph worth of words to prove that it is a true statement. Simply saying "1+1=2 is common sense" is effective for most intents and purposes, but we must also realize even the simplest things need to be proven scientifically. I think "common sense" is a colloquialism, but nothing more. We have a majority of Americans who don't believe in evolution or actually think Jesus was born from a virgin woman (two things we know science disproves). I would wager that most of these people believe it is "common sense" to believe that a Christian god exists. Because of this, I would argue that common sense is anything but common. Common sense requires a rational view of the universe, and unfortunately most people can't handle that.

If you ask me "common sense" is a misnomer; a short cut in logic that makes using it intellectually dishonest. Even mathematicians know that '1+1=2' needs about a paragraph worth of words to prove that it is a true statement. Simply saying "1+1=2 is common sense" is effective for most intents and purposes, but we must also realize even the simplest things need to be proven scientifically.

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