“COMMON SENSE is uncommon.” We keep on hearing this time and again but really, why do people look for difficult, sophisticated solutions when there are better options that are easy to apply, practical and also inexpensive? Why apply rocket science when common sense is right then and there? Why rely on a macho belt program to solve problems when common sense can do it faster at less cost? Research, says that “because of the way we learn from experiences – even ones that are never repeated – the failings of common sense reasoning are rarely apparent to us. The paradox of common sense, then, is that even as it helps us make sense of the world, it can actively undermine our ability to understand it.”The solution can be achieved by using common sense and yet no one dares to apply it because it is so unbelievably easy.

Source: Manila Times January 08, 2018 16:52 UTC