‘Common sense’ usually means ‘I was taught this young enough that i don’t remember learning it, and therefore treat the knowledge as instrinsic’
Like the only reason it’s Common Sense not to put metal in a toaster is because of warnings from others about it. It’s not like our species evolved al9ngside toasters.
A lot of kids out there are neglected and taught to obey instructions, but not why those instructions matter, what they do, or the comprehension needed to optimise them.
Often people forget (or more commonly: don’t know) that homo sapiens are called like that because we were the only* species of homo that actively tries to give all the knowledge they had to their kids
*well, we weren’t the only ones, homo erectus and other homos did it too to a certain extent i belive
I operate strange new machines all the time. There’s usually some kind of instructions or video. Never activate the device without trying to figure it out first, you won’t even know what sort of personal protective equipment to wear.
How’s he supposed to know if nobody every taught him?
“Common sense” is rarely all that common.
‘Common sense’ usually means ‘I was taught this young enough that i don’t remember learning it, and therefore treat the knowledge as instrinsic’
Like the only reason it’s Common Sense not to put metal in a toaster is because of warnings from others about it. It’s not like our species evolved al9ngside toasters.
A lot of kids out there are neglected and taught to obey instructions, but not why those instructions matter, what they do, or the comprehension needed to optimise them.
Often people forget (or more commonly: don’t know) that homo sapiens are called like that because we were the only* species of homo that actively tries to give all the knowledge they had to their kids
*well, we weren’t the only ones, homo erectus and other homos did it too to a certain extent i belive
I operate strange new machines all the time. There’s usually some kind of instructions or video. Never activate the device without trying to figure it out first, you won’t even know what sort of personal protective equipment to wear.
You’re not wrong. But dang some things seem kinda obvious.