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What are some examples of 'common sense' which are nonsense? (lemmy.ml)

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Wikipedia defines common sense as "knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument"

Try to avoid using this topic to express niche or unpopular opinions (they're a dime a dozen) but instead consider provable intuitive facts.

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[-] Infernal_pizza@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

My favourite explanation of the Monty hall problem is that you probably picked the wrong door as your first choice (because there’s 2/3 chance of it being wrong). Therefore once the third door is removed and you’re given the option to switch you should, because assuming you did pick the wrong door first then the other door has to be the right one

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for the help, it was easier this time 😅

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