Common sense isn't common

移花接木
楼主 (文学城)

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. 

 

妖妖灵
If so, is “common sense” following the crowd?
移花接木
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
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
妖妖灵
哪里的医生不先学完医科?
移花接木
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
妖妖灵
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:)
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7grizzly
I was very late to realize my common sense

differs from others' and it took years for me to be able to act out of that insight. I wish I hadn't made so many mistakes but they shaped me. So no complains :-)

妖妖灵
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:)
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7grizzly
Thank you for your praise. One runs into

 endless trouble by 和别人不同. It's hardly worth it ;-)

妖妖灵
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:)
盈盈一笑间
言之有理。。