#common-sense
#common-sense

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Combating "Opinion": Gilles Deleuze Meets Timothy "Speed" Levitch

Common sense and popular opinion can exclude critical thought; teaching must distinguish opinion from philosophical thinking to cultivate scrutiny and argumentative rigor.

History

fromThe Atlantic

1 month ago

The Provocation That Helped Create America

Common Sense decisively shifted American public opinion toward independence by forcefully arguing for separation from Britain, catalyzing the Revolutionary movement.

fromwww.npr.org

4 months ago

Trump uses 'common sense' to make a political point. It has populist appeal

There's something going on, and we have to address it. And so, I'm addressing it the best I can as a nondoctor, but I'm a man of common sense,

US politics

Gadgets

fromIndependent

8 months ago

Pat Spillane: GAA committed a major own goal with TV fixture mistake

The article contrasts the impracticality of NASA's pen with the simplicity of the Russian solution during the moon landing.

Common sense can often yield practical solutions that complex methods may overlook.

OMG science

fromTheregister

9 months ago

Yolk's on you - eggs break less when they land sideways

Eggs are less likely to crack when landing on their side rather than on their end, contradicting common beliefs.