“Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know,” the 18th-century British writer Lord Chesterfield advised his son. But common sense doesn’t stay that way. While it appears ...

In my youth, I came to understand the term "common sense" as implying that though you may not have extensive knowledge about a topic or even extensive skill in reasoning, you likely have enough of ...

Common sense is relatively objective — everyone believes they have it, but what it truly means and encompasses on a daily basis looks wildly different depending on the person, situation, and context, ...

The problem of common-sense reasoning has plagued the field of artificial intelligence for over 50 years. Now a new approach, borrowing from two disparate lines of thinking, has made important ...

Common sense is not so common in today’s world — and I bet I’m not the only one who has noticed. In the boardroom, the courtroom, the newsroom, and the classroom, everything has become “my way or the ...

Our Commonwealth and indeed our country are suffering from a lack of common sense. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thomas Paine released his 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense.” It was a ...