Monday, March 23, 2009

5 ways 'common sense' lies to you everyday.

From: http://dedroidify.blogspot.com/ "Albert Einstein said common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by the age of 18. It is also a result of some pervasive and extremely stupid logical fallacies that have become embedded in the human brain over generations, for one reason or another. These malfunctioning thoughts--several of which you've had already today--are a major cause of everything that's wrong with the world."
Read on at cracked.com
Bonus link: The difference glasses make

Comments:
Hey thanks! The Goofy Zone!
That's where T & I first learned to dance.
Can't believe Cracked lives on - I'm ten years old again.

Yeah, "Common Sense" has been a term deployed in arrogance, imperfectly following Thomas Paine, a necessary bombast who helped raise resistance to the colonial-fascist East India Tea gang.
On a smaller scale, "denial" may be similarly abused.
 
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