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What has happened to common sense?

 
 
cjhsa
 
Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:12 am
It seems to be a lost art form, at least here on A2K.

Every day here I see "intellectuals" who try to apply overly complex equations to solve all the worlds problems. I hate to tell you this, but your logical equivalent of a quadriatic equation topped off with a Fourier transform isn't always the best approach.

Then you insult people who provide simple, elegant solutions.
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BoGoWo
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:21 am
sorry cj, but 'common sense' has finally been put to rest in the big dumpster where everything 'common', 'popular', 'traditional', or 'standard' belongs (i wish!).

[sense is one of the least 'common' of entities!]
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Synonymph
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:23 am
Could you be more specific? Which topics are you referring to?
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:26 am
BoGoWo wrote:
sorry cj, but 'common sense' has finally been put to rest in the big dumpster where everything 'common', 'popular', 'traditional', or 'standard' belongs (i wish!).

[sense is one of the least 'common' of entities!]


Hardly. Seems like parts of Europe are actually exercising some common sense lately. Hmm....
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:29 am
Synonymph wrote:
Could you be more specific? Which topics are you referring to?


Just about every topic addressing any even mildly controversial subject.

Try it. Post something like "You should brush your teeth this way". I cannot even predict the responses, though I could guess.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:30 am
It seems, CJ, that you have a problem identifying the appropriate fora for your rants. "Common sense" suggests that this belongs in the Politics forum.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:33 am
I figured "Debate" was reasonable, no?
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CalamityJane
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:39 am
Small cj please Sentanta Wink

It's the Brits cj, isn't it?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:40 am
How about fist-fight, CJ ( Razz to you, other CJ), how about knock-down-drag-out . . .
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:43 am
It's the brits? What?
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:46 am
See what happens when you start a debate thread with a poorly defined topic?
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agrote
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:46 am
Common sense is poretty unreliable really. Birds of a feather flock together, yet opposites attract... how does that work?
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:54 am
FreeDuck wrote:
See what happens when you start a debate thread with a poorly defined topic?


I did that on purpose.
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patiodog
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 09:56 am
I think we should do away with cents entirely, keep the quarter dollar, and round everything off. What good is a dime, anyway?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:26 am
Re: What has happened to common sense?
cjhsa wrote:
It seems to be a lost art form, at least here on A2K.

Every day here I see "intellectuals" who try to apply overly complex equations to solve all the worlds problems. I hate to tell you this, but your logical equivalent of a quadriatic equation topped off with a Fourier transform isn't always the best approach.

Then you insult people who provide simple, elegant solutions.


This entire post is disingenuous, CJ, and is feeble attempt to pick a fight on your own terms, on your own ground. The concept of common sense as an art form seems antithetical at best. Artists could easily be classed with those to whom you refer, in a snotty peroration, as "intellectuals." At any event, common sense is held to be the bailiwick of the common man and woman.

You then go on to state a thesis which fits in the "have you stopped beating your wife?" category. If someone asks if you have stopped beating your wife, answering either yes or no constitutes an acceptance of the premise that you have beaten your wife in the past. The same exercise is in evidence here. You try to stake out the "moral high ground" of common sense, and then characterize before the fact all those who disagree with you as " 'intellectuals' who try to apply overly complex equations to solve all the worlds problems." Therefore, you haven't come here to debate, you've dropped off a rant, and challenge anyone dense enough to be willing to categorize themselves in your terms to disprove your tendentious thesis.

That is no debate, CJ, it's an invitation to a fist fight.
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FreeDuck
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:27 am
That's too complicated Set. cjsha wants a more elegant answer. Like this: you're just wrong! See how simple and elegant that is?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:29 am
How about, you're a poop-head?
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:30 am
FreeDuck wrote:
That's too complicated Set. cjsha wants a more elegant answer. Like this: you're just wrong! See how simple and elegant that is?


And where are the guns in response, FreeDuck?
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ebrown p
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:33 am
Einstein wrote:

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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cjhsa
 
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Reply Thu 2 Jun, 2005 10:44 am
I bet you all find protection in the crosswalk.
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