I Admire Common Sense

My mom and I were trying to figure out what common sense was. By that I mean, we were talking about what we confided common sense and trying to figure out how it is learned. Some of the stuff I find to be common sense, she doesn't and vice versa. Maybe not the best example, but one thing we were talking about is shoving a knife in an outlet. If you've never tried it or never heard anybody tell you not to, would it still be common sense to you? What do you think common sense is defined as and how do people acquire it?

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SW-User

Common sense is basic logic... But it's dependent on *knowledge*... If you KNOW that you might get electrocuted if you shove a knife in an outlet, then common sense dictates you DON'T do it... common sense = logic + knowledge

kimtin33 · 26-30, F

How much of common sense is specific to individual fields then?
I had somebody tell me you always add acid to water when we were diluting concentrated acid. For people who have worked with it for years it'd be basic common sense. Just starting, I can't guarantee I'd have known that, although it made complete sense when she explained why.