Comment on Does the average person have no critical thinking?

brax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  “common sense”

  A set of assumptions(usually false) acquired before age 12.

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  • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I’m wondering how you are measuring “common sense” that arrives at “usually false.” Are you ignoring obviously common sense things, like “the sky is up” – since that’s just common sense?

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    • brax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If you are in North America and you draw a line straight up, will you reach the sky in Australia?

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      • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Well I didn’t say the sky isn’t also down.

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