Atheism and Purpose

[Rhizomorph13]

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

Dude, I get what you are saying but I hate that term so much! Even something as simple as the sky is blue is not common sense. In China the sky is grey most of the time, at night it is black, and to blind people there is no sky. Even if we were both staring at the same patch of sky that was apparently blue the fact is that it isn't any color at all but a trick of refraction that causes us to see it as blue. What value does the claim "common" add to any value or judgement? It is not the same as peer reviewed by the way; it simply means commonly held belief or commonly agreed upon idea. You know as well as I do that the phrase "common sense" has connotations relating to value judgements not just our sense organs.

Rhizo