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Article on "common sense".

Answer 1

Article: Common Sense Is Not So Common. According to Einstein, common sense is a collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. If, what he means by prejudice is a way of thinking and looking at life, then this is a pretty accurate observation. ... However, common sense is not so common.

Answer 2

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Common sense, it has been said, is the most uncommon thing in the world. It is a rare commodity that is not exactly mother or native wit. This is only a clever paradox, which is definitely not true. Tom,  and Harry have it. It is the one virtue that is used by us at every step. Even animals have it, which it seems to instinctively show at unexpected moments.

We often look upon common sense as a blind instinct. It is a quality that neither wealth nor learning can confer on a man. It is supposed to come as a gift from above, and that one is born with,—a sharp insight into matters and promptitude that helps us much in the practical field of work.

Common sense is only the combination of experience with intelligence. The learned man may be a wonderful theorist, a man of many devices. There may not be any doubt about his shrewd intelligence in the abstract. But when faced with a situation, he is utterly lost. He is like the wise man of Sukumar Ray who turns over in vain the pages of his book of recipes for the right remedy that can save him from the angry bull. But if, instead of being bookish, he acts on wisdom, tested and proved by experience, he can almost unerringly hit upon the proper line. That is common sense,—the ability to use experience to meet immediate circum­stances. It is practical wisdom applied to common life.

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