Common sense

02-04-2006, 02:40 PM

If it's common, why is it so scarce?

Griff · 02-04-2006, 07:48 PM

It isn't scarce, its just not media friendly.

Aliantha · 02-04-2006, 08:37 PM

Maybe because everyone wants to be so 'individual' that there's now no commonality.

wolf · 02-04-2006, 10:21 PM

There was this thing similar to the 1970s Arab Oil Crisis, but thus far, technology simliar to that which allows one to extract deep oil from fields that were thought to be depleted hasn't been developed yet. The research is underfunded.

Troubleshooter · 02-04-2006, 10:30 PM

Like Mark Twain said, "Common sense ain't."

djacq75 · 02-09-2006, 11:15 PM

In a democracy, the catchphrase is always mightier than the syllogism.

wolf · 02-10-2006, 12:32 AM

Just in case everybody hasn't already read this.

BigV · 02-10-2006, 12:12 PM

:weeps:
:mourns:

Spexxvet · 02-13-2006, 02:39 PM

maybe it's not common in the ubiquitous sense. Maybe it's available to common folk without a pricey education. That's why an education person doesn't necessarily have common sense.

seakdivers · 02-14-2006, 12:06 AM

What annoys/ frightens me are highly educated people that have no common sense.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2006, 01:38 AM

Many highly educated people only reference what they have been taught. Every other situation comes up, "Does Not Compute".

Cyclefrance · 02-19-2006, 05:34 PM

We're a naturally reactive bunch, so we tend to act first and think later how we might have done it better if we'd thought about it first. Taking time to think things through first will generally save more time than rushing headlong into something because the quick approach usually generates the need for involved corrective actions.

Surely that's common sense? The guy who taught me analysis prefers, however, to call it 'uncommon sense'. As we seldom seem to learn from our mistakes in these circumstances, I think he's right.

tw · 02-24-2006, 03:53 PM

Common sense without a grasp of underlying concepts and without experience makes one his own worst enemy.

That last section of a brain so necessary to meet these requirements does not form until about the age of 16. Only after 16 is a human starting to grasp the bigger picture AND compile the necessary experiences.

Bitman · 03-07-2006, 05:47 PM

Common sense is very common, but you don't notice it because those people just do their job and leave. Only the idiots stand out.

Flint · 03-31-2006, 03:09 PM

Common Sense and Common Courtesy were brother and sister. In this rough-and-tumble world, they huddled together for comfort. One thing led to another, and nine months later they had an inbred baby - named Political Correctness, which slaughtered it's own parents in short order.

02-04-2006, 02:40 PM	#1
HUMBUG Guest Posts: n/a	Common sense If it's common, why is it so scarce?

02-04-2006, 07:48 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It isn't scarce, its just not media friendly. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-04-2006, 08:37 PM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Maybe because everyone wants to be so 'individual' that there's now no commonality. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-04-2006, 10:21 PM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There was this thing similar to the 1970s Arab Oil Crisis, but thus far, technology simliar to that which allows one to extract deep oil from fields that were thought to be depleted hasn't been developed yet. The research is underfunded. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-04-2006, 10:30 PM	#5
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Like Mark Twain said, "Common sense ain't." __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

02-09-2006, 11:15 PM	#6
djacq75 Rational Anarchist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 79	In a democracy, the catchphrase is always mightier than the syllogism.

02-10-2006, 12:32 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Just in case everybody hasn't already read this. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-10-2006, 12:12 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	:weeps: :mourns: __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-13-2006, 02:39 PM	#9
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	maybe it's not common in the ubiquitous sense. Maybe it's available to common folk without a pricey education. That's why an education person doesn't necessarily have common sense. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-14-2006, 12:06 AM	#10
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	What annoys/ frightens me are highly educated people that have no common sense.

02-14-2006, 01:38 AM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Many highly educated people only reference what they have been taught. Every other situation comes up, "Does Not Compute". __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-19-2006, 05:34 PM	#12
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	We're a naturally reactive bunch, so we tend to act first and think later how we might have done it better if we'd thought about it first. Taking time to think things through first will generally save more time than rushing headlong into something because the quick approach usually generates the need for involved corrective actions. Surely that's common sense? The guy who taught me analysis prefers, however, to call it 'uncommon sense'. As we seldom seem to learn from our mistakes in these circumstances, I think he's right. __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-24-2006, 03:53 PM	#13
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Common sense without a grasp of underlying concepts and without experience makes one his own worst enemy. That last section of a brain so necessary to meet these requirements does not form until about the age of 16. Only after 16 is a human starting to grasp the bigger picture AND compile the necessary experiences.

03-07-2006, 05:47 PM	#14
Bitman cellar smellar Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: californy, baby! Posts: 403	Common sense is very common, but you don't notice it because those people just do their job and leave. Only the idiots stand out.

03-31-2006, 03:09 PM	#15
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Common Sense and Common Courtesy were brother and sister. In this rough-and-tumble world, they huddled together for comfort. One thing led to another, and nine months later they had an inbred baby - named Political Correctness, which slaughtered it's own parents in short order. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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