Why Is Common Sense So Uncommon? Common Sense was...

2011-12-25T22:08:55.234+08:00

Why Is Common Sense So Uncommon?

Common Sense was more common when Malaysia was a developed society in the 1400s. Since then Malaysia's position as a developed society and the state of Common Sense has co-evolved downwards. For many centuries we have gone down to developing society state and Common Sense has become more and more uncommon.

Common Sense is nowhere as unclear as Hasyudeen and Wikipedia make it out to be. For Malays, Common Sense is found in the peribahasa (there are some exceptions but for the most part peribahasa is encapsulation of Common Sense). Common Sense is also instinctive and intuitive to us. Common Sense is also present in other beings eg kittens, dogs, birds, monkeys etc -- notice that without police,prosecutors, lawyers, judges, newspapers they do quite well on the justice front. So if we wanted to get a recharge of Common Sense we just have to reflect on what kittens do and ask ourselves 3 questions:-

1) Will I do what I am doing openly? If so, most likely it is fine/common sense. If you are not willing to do it openly, chances are you are violating Common Sense from time immemorial and you are trying to make use of grossly reduced transparency and grossly increased gaming and crab mentality of recent times.

2) The Golden Rule: What if someone else does that to me? That is, what if someone else does what I am thinking of doing to them, to me?

3) An American Indian maxim: Is it (what I thinking of doing) good for 7 generations?

For more, please see my 2002 essay,Why Is Common Sense So Uncommon?.

"Common sense is not so common" Voltaire...

2011-12-25T09:43:33.465+08:00

"Common sense is not so common" Voltaire

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Why Is Common Sense So Uncommon? Common Sense was...

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