Essay On Common Sense

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The phrase “Did you know it all along?” will be a great topic question to ask around on the campus. Dr. Watson stated a quote, “Anything seems commonplace, once explained.” (Myers, 2012) This is where the paper will lead into three factors explaining about the quote itself. In my thought what does the quote means to me? It is like when we lived our life yesterday and it does make sense today. Because of what events happened yesterday is like when we realized oh yes things make sense! Like we already knew it all along, but it is not how we think or do this everyday.
For instance, when 9/11 happened we all looked back at those things where we realized there were so many factors where we did not realized or overlooked. That is one of example …show more content…

As of there is some of our common sense ideas have been backed up with our research evidence, but some of them haven’t. (Schooler, 2015) There are few factors in one topic where we will touch and talk about in this paper. The first factor will be hindsight bias, errors in judging the future’s foreseeability and in remembering our past combine. (Myers, 2012) Second factor will focus on how can we reduce the hindsight based on our sense that our common sense is always right but they aren’t. The lastly but not least factor will explain about my experience and real life …show more content…

One example, there is many times where I think I knew the answers for exams during my first year in college. I always assume with common sense or with my constancy information in my mind. But I am more likely to get wrong answers on the exams. Other example, when my partner and I are going out to get ice cream for our dessert treat, once when we arrived to Ben and Jerry. The ice cream machine was down at the moment then I told my partner, “I knew it, the ice cream machine was out.” Since I had the feelings of something will happened. Those times where I wish I could foreseeability all the time so that way I can continue make right decisions and make great prepare for anything without use my common sense or hindsight

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