Common sense isn't just "not so common," it is a fundamentally broken concept at its core and a crutch that people use to hoist themselves above others they feel they are better than.
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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The most vulnerable will be hit the hardest.
- Countries are rich because they have free markets.
- Tariffs are a good thing and competition is for losers.
- Being spied upon by your government or foreign governments whom I worship is okay, because what's there to hide.
- Anyone that sells goods that can be used this way outside of the above should be barred from all markets forever because they'll definitely spy on you and spying is wrong.
- If you feel threatened by another country, a pre-emptive strike should be allowed.
- You don't mess with the sovereignty of a nation. It's sacred and should be left intact.
- Police should always be allowed to use overwhelming force and their actions should be lauded
- You should have the right to protect yourself using firearms against tyranny as governments in general are never to be trusted.
Is the goal to point out contradictions in the pairs you gave?
If "common sense is not very common", why is it called common sense?
Slightly off topic, sorry.
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the sky is blue
an unbiased perspective
More abstract concepts that generally trouble the intuition of many:
the irrelevance of laminar to turbulent flow
time and gravity are related
magnetism is not magic
entropy precludes perpetual motion
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"There's a first time for everything."
No, not if I don't do that thing. I will not have a first time for murder. Getting murdered might be out of my control, but I won't commit one.
That's more of an turn-of-phrase, no?
I view it as a thought terminating clichΓ© people use when they're too lazy ti fully explain themselves. It can be useful for things that are truly obvious, like if you try touching something fresh out of the stove without protection you'll get burned, it doesn't really add anything to bother explaining it.