After a person experiences touching something hot and learns that metal turns
red and glows when it gets hot enough:
When they see red glowing
metal
Are they more likely:
To touch said object
or
To not
touch said object
If you're correct that common sense most often gives the
wrong answer, then most often people would still touch the object and burn
themselves.
The above is a very simple example. Where everyone that's
going to make the decision has the same perspective and same information
available from which to decide. When one starts getting into more complicated
situations, before one can understand the "common sense that applied" one must
first understand the informational variables that the "one making the common
sense choice" had available before choosing.
It would be interesting to
know where your opinion that common sense most often gives the wrong answer
originated from. Perhaps you once read a study that examined "common sense
applied" in detail?
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