(August 9, 2010 at 10:11 pm)ABierman1986 Wrote:(August 9, 2010 at 10:01 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: Common sense is an appeal to popularity; nothing more, nothing less. It is a fucking fallacy and the lamest argument for validity I know. Everyone on the planet should let go of that horrible concept and never speak of common sense as if it is even a meaningful term.
Thanks,
Rhizo
Well strictly speaking common sense is what the general populace believes through their senses to be true, in that respect it applies to pretty much every validated scientific theory. You can interpret it how you like, but so can everyone else
My experience is the most reliable thing about popular understanding of anything is that it's likely to be limited and wrong more often than not.
Popular views tend to be about a human generation behind academia.
The age of the polymorph autodidact is long gone.