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October 6, 2008

According to Webster Dictionary, common sense is defined as normal native intelligence. Common sense is something that everybody has. It’s the ability to know something without ever learning it. When fantasy replaces common sense, life becomes tragic. Life is a series of ordinary events that follow the laws of logic and probability. These ordinary events are indifferent to our fantasies and require the careful, accurate navigation of common sense.
Some things are just obvious. We all know that people don't walk on their heads, for example, or that if you go out in the rain you're likely to get wet. It's common sense. But some things that seem obvious to one person may seem obscure to another if they are from another culture, religion or background. Common sense is not always common to everyone. This is especially true when beliefs play a strong part in how people perceive things. It may seem obvious to me that a drought was caused by a random change in weather......

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