Common Sense

[Ginkgo]

What is it?

 

[Stigmata]

a non-linear concept which varies based on differing cultural and social class related factors, which in actuality makes it entirely relative.

 

[rav3n]

I think its elements of Se and Si.

 

[ReflecTcelfeR]

Superficial, but true at times.

 

[Quinlan]

Kneejerk and gut reaction to things, thoughts that make us feel comfortable and in control.

 

[Hobotastic]

Two words that people use when they want you to look more like an idiot after a mistake you make.

 

[Fluffywolf]

a non-linear concept which varies based on differing cultural and social class related factors, which in actuality makes it entirely relative.

I like!

Also both used and misused as a tool of teaching. Misused most prominently in history, but also on a large scale in dystopian cultures such as North Korea, and on a smaller scale in niches such as religion and atheism.

Yet without the concept of common sense, we'd be pretty fucking lost as a society in which no one person is the same. At least with common sense, people have a sense of direction. They're just not sure where exactly it is headed.

Herd animal behaviour.

 

[Phantonym]

What is it?

The thing you realize you don't have just moments before doing something stupid you're going to regret.

 

[Synapse]

Is common sense out of alignment to the knowing, a knowing. Are we talking about sensory perception and intuitive perception, where does emotional and intellectual perception start and end in regards to common sense?

Is common sense like street smarts?

 

[sciski]

Apparently it's very uncommon!

Example: Advice from my MIL--"When you get hungry, it's best to go eat something." Why do I need to be told this?

 

[Ginkgo]

I think prideful thinking, assuming you're an exception to the rule, that you can break them (or that they don't apply to you) because in your mind you are "uncommon", is antithetical to common sense.

The sense that encourages a logical course of action to a common problem is common sense. I don't think it's necessarily instinctual or "basic". Just because a problem is common doesn't mean it's not complex.

 

[mrcockburn]

"If-then" reasoning. Basic logic for the shortest line between two points. I disagree that it's a herd mentality - I think even eccentric ways can be considered "common sense" if they succeed easier than conventional ways.

This differs from common *knowledge* - which is stuff most people in a certain society are expected to know. For example, check your car oil periodically. And sometimes it's needed to wield common sense most effectively.

 

[gromit]

I would say a knowledge or understanding of what is likely to happen in a given situation.