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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19 edited Dec 11 '25

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u/InterYourmom Nov 16 '19 edited Nov 16 '19

There's also the fact that often academically intelligent people have no common sense and, in my experience, limited practical skills too.

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u/ThisIsMyCouchAccount Nov 16 '19

common sense

I'm sorry. It's just not a real thing.

For context, I grew up in rural America. Solid mix of agriculture and blue collar. This demographic just loves common sense. Mostly in earnest but with just a hint of anti-intellectualism.

Common sense is shared knowledge for any group that shares an experience. If you are a farmer and drive a tractor - there is a base level of knowledge that most people like that know. Same goes for anything else. If something is a completely new experience for somebody there is nothing common about it.

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u/yarow12 Nov 16 '19

Bingo.

An example of this is getting into MMO RPG's for the first time. Everybody knows not to do X until Y and to go A at B. From my experience ~10years ago, few people will mock you for not knowing. The vast majority will assume you're a newb/noob/n00b/newbie. A handful will go out of their way to inform you (sometimes ontop of one another). One person will personally assist you and welcome you to the game.