| Apr 4 @ 1:32 PM |
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Blondino
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It is a thousand times better to have common sense
without education than to have education
without common sense.
discuss & give opinions 
[Edited on 4/4/2008 3:42 PM]
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| Apr 4 @ 1:34 PM |
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eastham
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It all depends. Would the world be a better place without Albert Einstein, who didn't have the common sense to come in out of the rain?
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| Apr 4 @ 1:51 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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At least he had the sense to marry his first wife, who took care of him, bore and raised three children, and did his math for him...that's not to denigrate his brilliance, the ideas were his, but she was pretty brilliant in her own right, and she contributed greatly to his work.
Personally, I think those who lack common sense frequently don't have the sense to acquire an education, either in school or in the myriad other places it's available to anyone who wants it.
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| Apr 4 @ 2:00 PM |
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Blondino
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“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.” Albert Einstein the Wise one 
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| Apr 4 @ 2:13 PM |
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Blondino
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“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
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| Apr 4 @ 2:34 PM |
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Nightowl001
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A friend of mine used to say "The commonest thing about common sense is that it ain't common."
Common sense, in the end, refers to learned behaviors based on common situations. Most people would say that it is common sense that we stand a greater chance of being in an automobile collision if we ignore the posted traffic signals; i.e., "It's just common sense that f you ignore red lights, sooner or later, you're gonna have an accident." But to someone who has never seen traffic signals and has not been educated about them, there is no sense at all to stopping when a light turns red but there is no obvious immediate physical impediment to forward motion. The people we view as having the most common sense are simply the ones best able to extrapolate a response based on experienced or learned conditions and situations, applying them to situations or conditions being experienced for the first time.
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| Apr 4 @ 2:36 PM |
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raykl
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Personally, I think those who lack common sense frequently don't have the sense to acquire an education, either in school or in the myriad other places it's available to anyone who wants it.
I tend to disagree with this thought- using only my experience with those that cover both areas.
Common sense is what is gained from experience in varied areas of life.
The people I have known, who one would classify as having less common sense in lifes ways, have been so focused in their particular area of expertise that they are not interested in anything that does not fall into that area. Genius in what they do and not the least interested in other thoughts or ways.
Does this make them wrong? I cannot answer other than to say, it does make them more solitary and less socially interactive.
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| Apr 4 @ 2:46 PM |
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DiamondRain
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It's better to have both.
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| Apr 4 @ 2:50 PM |
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graywolf
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This is really a very interesting question and will be interested to see how the discussion goes. I personally think they are both important and would say that book learning will teach the basics needed for life int he real world but common sense is what does the fine tuning. I do know that someone mentioned Albert Einstein but lets be real here. There are not amny people in this world that fall into his category. I do admit that there are others and will continue to be those as gifted as he was but they are the exception not the norm.
Having spent 40 years in the workforce as a professional I would have to say that there are many more people with an education that cannot make it than there are those who got into professional workforce without a college education that will make it. It is now almost impossible to enter many fields without a college degree so many are never given a chance to prove themselves.
The complexity in the business world does need education or learning but it also needs areally big dose of common sense to make it run smoothly. Having been in a position to hire new employees for many years I have hired many right out of college whe became very successful, but at teh same time have also hired many who did not have that college degree who have also been successful. Know whet the common thread was for all those who were successful, yes it was common sense and something I always looked for before making a job offer up to and including the postion of VP for an organization.
These are of course my opinions and should be taken for what they are. Everyone here is entitled to there and I wish you all well. Please excuse any typos or spelling errors, my major was Computer Science not English.
One other thing before I leave, I also have an Uncle who has 3, yes 3 PHD's and he is one of those people who does not have enough sense to come in out of the rain. The only way he was successful in the business world was by doing research work in very isolated areas of the world and then he went into teaching at the University level. He was also smart enough to know and admit that he would never have survived in a normal business environment.
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| Apr 4 @ 2:54 PM |
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Blondino
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in an ideal world it would be best to have both and be rich and beautiful with great shoes and handsome suitors 
but thats not the topic ..... so
Gray ... I think you put it pretty well 
I had a friend who was a cardiac surgeon ... but looked constantly for affirmation and approval on a personal level as he had zero common sense bless him he did a great job in the theatre but was like a child emotionally no common sense whatsoever either
[Edited on 4/4/2008 3:17 PM]
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| Apr 4 @ 3:12 PM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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We're not talking about brilliance here though; the question wasn't about genius vs. common sense, it was education. I don't tend to think of education as something that has to be obtained via an accredited institution though - my point was that if you have the sense (okay, native intelligence) to look around, there's much available for the taking, and those with common sense are more likely to take advantage of all that free information just waiting to be assimilated.
As for my own hiring criteria, knowledge of course, but highest on my list is always tolerance for differences among people. If you're brilliant but are willing to cut some slack for those who aren't, fine. If you're brilliant and talk down to people or insult those who aren't quite as brilliant as you are, I don't want you on my team. We're not all Einsteins, nor should we be.
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| Apr 4 @ 3:39 PM |
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DiamondRain
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Common sense without the knowledge that only education can provide is useless.
So while it might be popular to say that common sense is "more important" than education, it's a silly (or uneducated if you will) notion.
Neither is of value with out the other. Together they are two key elements of wisdom.
You could also argue that they are one in the same. After all, common sense is the result of experience, and experience is a source of knowledge.
If this is the case, only knowledge is important, since common sense is a type of knowledge.
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| Apr 4 @ 3:43 PM |
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Jankia
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Common sense is not having this in the Politics and Current Events section of the forums but Ive lacked common sense myself for doing the same thing. 
Common sense isnt really all that common.
Its what you know and how quickly you can use it when its needed.How often have you had a problem you couldnt solve,ignored the problem for awhile and then came back and solved it right away?
How about when a few people are debating a problem and you walk up and solve it right away for them? Someone will say "Why didnt we think of that simple answer,we knew it?"
Common sense was there all the time but it didnt kick in right away.
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| Apr 4 @ 3:51 PM |
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Blondino
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I have the education but sadly no common sense 
Had a private education but could not buy the common sense 
Oh well ..... still got the posh accent
[Edited on 4/4/2008 3:58 PM]
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| Apr 4 @ 5:23 PM |
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lj450
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"common sense" is relative, and subjective. It is, to you, how you define it. It is, to the next person, how they define it.
There is no standard for how people think things should be done, and what is important vs what is not.
By my standards of common sense.....John Q Public is an idiot.
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| Apr 4 @ 5:32 PM |
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thegoodideaman
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I'd rather have Have Uncommon Sense,
and a few dollars in My pocket...
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| Apr 4 @ 5:57 PM |
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blueyes101
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My " wish " is for as many as possible to acquire both.
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| Apr 5 @ 1:05 PM |
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bikerboy389
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Ok , I have to throw this out since this is the political thread , Why is common sence not so common ? Especially when dealing with Libs ?
B.B.
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| Apr 5 @ 1:09 PM |
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thegoodideaman
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you misspelled Cons, I'm sure it was just a typo... 
"Common Sense" fits on a bumper sticker...
Good Sense is a little more Complicated, and requires Thought...
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| Apr 8 @ 8:17 AM |
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eastham
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A couple of years ago, Malcolm Gladwell wrote Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking. The book explored "instinct", judgment and common sense. Very interesting reading.
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