MrRING
Android Futureman
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I hear many people refer to the idea that there is such a thing as "common sense", but does an animal that relies so much on learning rather than instinct for survival (the human animal) have a capacity for a basic "common sense" indiginous to all humanity?
Most often when I hear "common sense" being refered to, it's not an intellectual expectation but a social one, like "That kid isn't minding their parents - if they had common sense they could handle the situation and get him to behave" or "If Bob had any common sense he wouldn't spend his whole check without investing a little first" and so on. TV psyciatrist Dr. Phil has made a living out of dispencing "common sense" solutions to people with problems, but isn't what he does based in years of experience rather than an inate knowledge he has?
Is comon sense a real thing that everybody here believes in? or is it a folk belief used to marginilize strange, odd, and very human choices of behavior that are outside the norm, socially stigmitizing any action good or bad that doesn't "make sense"?
Most often when I hear "common sense" being refered to, it's not an intellectual expectation but a social one, like "That kid isn't minding their parents - if they had common sense they could handle the situation and get him to behave" or "If Bob had any common sense he wouldn't spend his whole check without investing a little first" and so on. TV psyciatrist Dr. Phil has made a living out of dispencing "common sense" solutions to people with problems, but isn't what he does based in years of experience rather than an inate knowledge he has?
Is comon sense a real thing that everybody here believes in? or is it a folk belief used to marginilize strange, odd, and very human choices of behavior that are outside the norm, socially stigmitizing any action good or bad that doesn't "make sense"?