What is Common Sense?
1.
Common sense is what -I- think others should know.
When you remove the tea kettle from the stove, it's common sense to then turn off the burner.
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2.
The term should speak for itself. A Sense which SHOULD be common to everyone. Usually refers to any sort of logic that should be obvious to anyone.
It is dangerous to play with sharp objects.
Don't touch the posionous snake.
If you buy a Sega product you are just throwing your money away on something that will not have any new games released for it shortly after its release.
3.
1) Something the general populous of Earth lacks.
2) The ability to discern what is right and what is wrong.
3) The ability to discern what is intelligent and what is stupid.
The blaming of obesity on fast-food restaurants and not on people who should know that fatty food makes you fat.
4.
A mythical force that is supposed to bestow knowledge of the obvious. Unfortunately, humankind has proven, time and time again, that there is no such thing as common sense.
The People v. Common Sense:
Exhibit A-
Common sense should tell people that coffee is a hot drink, and that when spilling it, one should expect it to be hot. Common sense should also tell people that eating fatty foods makes you fat. Still, look at the recent pathetic excuses for "lawsuits" against some fast-food restaurants.
Exhibit B-
Common sense should tell people - even children - that TV shows such as "Power Rangers" are not reality. Two eleven-year-old boys, however, tried to re-enact a scene from the above-mentioned show by burying an eight-year-old boy alive in the ground, thinking he would grow back out. Duuuuh...I don't think it worked...oops!
Exhibit C-
Common sense should tell the Bush administration to take money from people who actually HAVE MONEY TO GIVE, but instead they choose to take it from people who do not have it.
I rest my case.
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5.
1) Putting the pieces together using the knowledge that one already has. Usually obtained by having actual life experiences, as opposed to sitting at a desk of in front of a textbook all day.
The only type of knowledge in life that is truly useful over 99% of the time.
1) Jimmy spent eight years at his desk getting his advanced degree in mechanical engineering. He was hired happily straight out of college making $105,000 a year, but ultimately failed at even the simplest of automotive tasks, since he lacks the common sense to so much as change his oil.
It also took him 45 minutes to find the entrance on the hooker he hired on a lonely Friday night.
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6.
something most people don't have.
more of the world doesn't have common sense,
than people in the world that do have it.
it's something that should explain itself.
obviously.
common sense only tells you that you should know what common sense is.
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7.
1) The sense of logical reasoning and problem solving skills as applied to practical situations that all inteligent beings should and usually do have. Whether they actually use it is another issue.
2)A pamphlet written by none other than Thomas Paine prior to the American Revolution. It railed against British policies in it's colonies, and got many colonists (the intelligent and/or educated ones who could read, anyway) to question British rule of America. This, of course, was yet another paving stone on the road to revolution and the creation of the United States of America as we know it today.
1) "You don't need education to know that's stupid... just use your common sense."
2) The man read Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Then, he decided to go burn his stamps and not buy any more British tea.
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