Common sense isn't common

We say a person has common sense, we mean the person has a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge in a manner that is shared by nearly all people.

In the case a business needs to hire new members without any experience, common sense is a much needed basic quality even weighs over school education.

But common sense isn't actually common, in either sense: it is different from person to person, and may not be employed even when many could agree on what it is in a particular situation.

Your idea of common sense is likely to contradict someone else's idea of common sense (which is yet another misconception because you either understand or misunderstand the current common sense and to confuse it with an opinion is to trivialize the foundation of society).

Instead of relying on "common sense" to make decisions, you should instead rely on building consensus for your position and perception, and work with other people to reach a conclusion most people can accept. By assuming your position is "common sense" and acting upon it, all you're doing is insulting the people who disagree with you.

Perticularly, when people from different culture or educational level work in one team, the contradiction of 'common sense ' can be an issue. 

 

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If so, is “common sense” following the crowd? -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 09:23:33

我对这句话的理解与正规解释不同, 我理解为 common sense并非常见 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 09:28:09

以为人们至少都应该拥有一般常识, 比如当医生之前至少先学完医科,事实并非如此 -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 09:30:34

哪里的医生不先学完医科? -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 09:40:55

打个比方, 比如要培训某人某项技能, 他至少要有这方面的基础"common sense"才teachable -移花接木- 给 移花接木 发送悄悄话 移花接木 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 09:59:17

奥,明白你的意思了。上次chatGPT犯的低级错误就是因为没有common sense:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 10:07:33

I was very late to realize my common sense -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (179 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 15:46:35

我觉得你能把NCE3和4都背下来,就是用了和别人不同的common sense,结果让你的英文如此突出:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/24/2023 postreply 19:48:38

Thank you for your praise. One runs into -7grizzly- 给 7grizzly 发送悄悄话 7grizzly 的博客首页 (201 bytes) () 02/25/2023 postreply 13:35:12

高处不胜寒。自己觉得怎么合适怎么来,也不用解释,朋友会理解你的:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/25/2023 postreply 13:55:57

言之有理。。 -盈盈一笑间- 给 盈盈一笑间 发送悄悄话 盈盈一笑间 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2023 postreply 08:59:07

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