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Is there even such a thing as "common sense"?

Is there even such a thing as "common sense"?

  • Yes

    Votes: 15 42.9%

  • No

    Votes: 11 31.4%

  • To a certain degree

    Votes: 8 22.9%

  • Other

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • Total voters
    35
radcen said:
Is there even such a thing as "common sense"?
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Common sense is a term used to belittle people who disagree with you or have a different way of viewing the world. I despise the term passionately.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Common sense is a term used to belittle people who disagree with you or have a different way of viewing the world.
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Not even close, Wiki has a better definition:

Common sense
Common sense is a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge things, which is shared by nearly all people, and can be reasonably expected of nearly all people without any need for debate. Wikipedia



vasuderatorrent said:
I despise the term passionately.
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That is certainly your prerogative, even if it is misguided.
 
BmanMcfly said:
When you can't address the argument attack the person... works on weak minded people.
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The argument? You mean the total unsupported BS you posted, that confirmed my suspicion that you had no idea what went on in a modern classroom, that argument?

Please feel free to back up the absurd assertions you made.
 
BmanMcfly said:
When you can't address the argument attack the person... works on weak minded people.
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The argument? You mean the total unsupported BS you posted, that confirmed my suspicion that you had no idea what went on in a modern classroom, that argument?

Please feel free to back up the absurd assertions you made.
 
radcen said:
Is there even such a thing as "common sense"?

One would think so, but as I interact and observe more and more, the less I think it exists at all. Even the simplest things no one can agree on. So, what's 'common' about anything?

No. The older I get the more I think "common sense" is merely something we want to believe in.
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Only a person that lacks common sense would ask such a senseless question...
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Common sense is a term used to belittle people who disagree with you or have a different way of viewing the world. I despise the term passionately.
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What? :lol:

It is common sense not to stick your hand into a fire... if you think otherwise I guess I would belittle you after you did it to make your point. :lol:
 
Bodhisattva said:
What? :lol:

It is common sense not to stick your hand into a fire... if you think otherwise I guess I would belittle you after you did it to make your point. :lol:
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It is common sense that you should give me $500. :roll: The term 'common sense' is extremely vulnerable to abuse and misuse.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
It is common sense that you should give me $500. :roll: The term 'common sense' is extremely vulnerable to abuse and misuse.
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Why is it common sense that I should give you money when I seriously need it? There is nothing common sense about it... though I do agree that the term can be abused.
 
longview said:
He was talking about how the primitive New Guinea people were quite a bit more intelligent
than the average westerner, and speculated that basically the dumb died quick.
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What he said is that Geography played a role in the success or forward mobility and advancement of a culture, not intelligence. Also, he did not say that the primitive in New Guinea were more intelligent he said that he knew too many intelligent New Guineans to conclude that intelligence is what determined cultural advancement.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Why is it common sense that I should give you money when I seriously need it? There is nothing common sense about it... though I do agree that the term can be abused.
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You have to be joking. Everybody knows that you should give me $500. It's common sense. Surely you can't be that dense and lack that much common sense. I don't even understand why we are discussing this. After all. It's just plain common sense.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
You have to be joking. Everybody knows that you should give me $500. It's common sense. Surely you can't be that dense and lack that much common sense. I don't even understand why we are discussing this. After all. It's just plain common sense.
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I returned all my common sense after I realized who I married... did me no good so you are probably right. What is your address so that I can mail you a check?
 
Common sense refers to reason and logic which are two of the most absolute, definitive things in existence. A true logical argument, based on valid premises, results in a fact. We need more facts these days and we need to work from these facts. When feelings are factored in, reason and logic go out the window- however, many people FEEL that irrational arguments are logical... which proves my point.
 
kamikaze483 said:
Common sense refers to reason and logic which are two of the most absolute, definitive things in existence. A true logical argument, based on valid premises, results in a fact. We need more facts these days and we need to work from these facts. When feelings are factored in, reason and logic go out the window- however, many people FEEL that irrational arguments are logical... which proves my point.
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Haven't philosophers been arguing these things for thousands of years? There is no such thing as absolute and definitive things or philosophy would have been eliminated.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Haven't philosophers been arguing these things for thousands of years? There is no such thing as absolute and definitive things or philosophy would have been eliminated.
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I don't believe that at all. There are certain absolutes.
 
I sorta disagree with most of the posts here.

What most people believe to be common sense, is the consensus opinion of people who have never seriously studied the topic. It's their kneejerk reaction, nothing more and nothing less.

So does it exist? Absolutely. Is it the best answer to an issue? For simple issues, most likely. But for issues that require serious thought and research, rarely.
 
imagep said:
I sorta disagree with most of the posts here.

What most people believe to be common sense, is the consensus opinion of people who have never seriously studied the topic. It's their kneejerk reaction, nothing more and nothing less.

So does it exist? Absolutely. Is it the best answer to an issue? For simple issues, most likely. But for issues that require serious thought and research, rarely.
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I've never heard anyone define common sense that way. To me, it's about being open minded and rational.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Common sense is a term used to belittle people who disagree with you or have a different way of viewing the world. I despise the term passionately.
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Maybe it's a term that gets misused more often that it gets used properly.
 
vasuderatorrent said:
Haven't philosophers been arguing these things for thousands of years? There is no such thing as absolute and definitive things or philosophy would have been eliminated.
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Isn't math absolute?
 
mpg said:
I've never heard anyone define common sense that way. To me, it's about being open minded and rational.
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it's the word "common" that defines it. It's common. It's the amount of sense that the average person has, not the elite.

Being open minded and rational isn't common.
 
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Earthling said:
Common sense is the least common of all the senses.
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No, it's the most common, that's why we call it "common". It's simply peoples kneejerk reaction to something that they have never seriously studied.
 
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