Is Common sense all that common?

Nice comment. Thank you. I never had a computer until I started university, then I had to learn how to use the technology or else I wouldn't be able to get my assignments and such. I guess there will soon be a third part to that saying, about technological smarts because you can be book smart, and have street smarts while lacking in the technology department lol.

That's the truth! The world keeps getting bigger and more complicated but without that basic foundation of common sense, I don't know how a person can survive to get to the point of book smarts and techno-smarts. But stranger things have happened.

That's the truth! The world keeps getting bigger and more complicated but without that basic foundation of common sense, I don't know how a person can survive to get to the point of book smarts and techno-smarts. But stranger things have happened.

You certainly may call it that. Common sense says that it's time to call it uncommon sense ha ha ha.

Why thank you very much :)

Hey I like that answer! I think from now on I'm gonna start calling it uncommon sense, if that is okay with you.

Thank you for responding, it is nice to hear a different view on the issue. I agree too many people think someone will bail them out so they don't think before acting

In my opinion it is a sad reality,

not really what? not really you see it every where? or not really you don't see it? please explain?

I agree, even I am guilty of doing that at times, then again some people can't even use that as an excuse, because they don't know how to figure out the technology then when you try to show them, they go 'yeah, yeah, yeah' and brush it off

I agree with you ! Common sense is much more useful than knowing all the layers of the earth lol or quamtum physics lol

Yes it is! That's why I am going to make every effort to teach my daughters common sense. They don't have to be academic scholars, but by golly, they are going to have common sense, and manners!

With 4 doors for every room, my house wouldn't have any walls left!

Great point! what is common sense in one country, may not be in another country. For example, in North America, it is 'common sense' to use toilet paper to go to the washroom. While in India The purpose is served by using the left-hand. (Now I don't know if that is in all of India, my friend told me that was common practice when she went visiting India a couple of years ago).

I'm sad to have missed the simple life. If the world as a whole would have maintained its common sense along with the technological advances, then there could possibly be the accessibility and ease with technology, but foods ( animals fruit, and vegetables) that were still real ie. not genetically modified, or pumped up with steroids

Yeah, like the common sense to look both ways before crossing the street. I'm teaching my 2 1/2 yr old that now. I am holding her hand of course, but I make her stop, look left, look right, and then tell me 'no cars' or 'cars comming' even if there isn't a single car to be seen in sight. Too many people I see when driving or whatever just stroll along walking whichever way, and then get mad because a car is coming, or don't even bother to hurry up across the street when they are J-walking they force the car to slow down, or even stop which is going to be hard soon as all of the snow and ice wil make it difficult

You are very lucky, you must be happy all the time!

Don't you ever feel that your patience runs out after a while? I can handle it to a point, but when you have to keep explaining the same thing over and over, it gets beyond annoying for me. I would rather work by myself when that is the case, because then I know everything is either done, or not done, not half as sed done

yeah thats true, most of the time now, the grandparents are still working and such when the grandkids are born. On the otherhand, my Mom taught me my common sense, and she was a young mother. So, I don't know if age realy makes that much of a difference.