"common sense" is the antithesis to science. Particularly psychology. There's a rant in there, but I can't be fucked.
No need, I'll take this one.
Common sense is the biggest load of bullshit ever. I can't tell you how many times I've heard some dumbfuck redneck say something like "
well ya'll may be smarter but I dun have more common sense" like there's something built in that names humans, by default,
not retarded.
If you're willing to admit I'm smarter, how did I miss something that, by virtue of its title, is
common?
Common
kom-uh n
adjective, -er, -est, noun
• pertaining or belonging equally to an entire community, nation, or culture
• belonging equally to, or shared alike by, two or more or all in question
If there's a large swath of smarter than average people who are missing this magical common sense, by what measure is it
common sense? Furthermore,
what the fuck does it even mean?
If smarter people, the thinking person, the genius has less grasp of
common sense than some random redneck who has trouble pronouncing every other word,
what are we missing and how do you have it?
Let's assume for the sake of argumentation that common sense does exist. What is it? So you're going to claim that people with below average intelligence have some common sense that transcends the boundaries of intelligent,
what is it and how do you know it's true?
Granted, common sense could be some philosophically advanced idea that would utterly fuck the minds of every skeptic and genius on the planet, but what are the odds of that? I've never heard it explained what common sense actually is. It's always used as a cop-out when someone can't argue worth a shit or knows they're wrong.
"If there were tests so people had to vote in elections, a Democrat would never win again."
"Those who self-identify as Liberal and Democrat have higher IQs and are most often better educated than those declaring themselves Conservative or Republican."
"Yeah but Conservative Republicans have more common sense."
"If they're smarter and have more knowledge, that means
you couldn't pass the test!"
"No, there would never be a Democrat in office again because only people with common sense would pass."
"What is common sense?"
*a conversation centered around dodging the question repeatedly ensues*
I have had this happen.
There is no such thing as 'common sense', nothing is 'obvious', and
everything should be questioned thoroughly.