Hi, this is a stupid question; I'll ask anyway. I'm quite intelligent upstairs, but totally lack in common sense; is it just me? Am I completely beyond all help?
2007-07-20 04:04:15 · 9 answers · asked by Nicole W 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think this is quite common.
It seems somehow that a lot of academically intelligent people lack basic common sense. Maybe it's because most mental effort is focused around academia and learning and less on basic common sense. Intelligence is a multi-faceted thing anyhow.
2007-07-23 05:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by cprime17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. Often, people of lesser intelligence patronise more intelligent people by saying they 'lack common sense' as if it is something you can never have; but common sense is intelligent logic, and this can be developed.
The best way to 'develop' common sense is to think before you act. Plan ahead, use your intelligence to forsee any possible obstacles BEFORE they happen.
2007-07-20 06:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by The Global Geezer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is know is common sense is a combonation of logic, reason and experience. You can brush up on logic and reason by doing some puzzles and reading some how to books, but experience does not come from books.
Experience is applying all that you know from books to the real world. You don't gain experience or common sense simply by doing things.
To improve your common sense, try to think of a better way to do the things you do. This requires both thinking and observing simultaneously. The key is to react on what you observe. Try not to let preconceived ideas dictate what actions you take.
2007-07-20 04:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by rayj129 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes, its very common. A lot of my family are very intelligent as far as IQ, but they have no common sense for some situations. That's completely normal. There have even been studies proving that people with high IQ's can't socialize in society as well as people with a lower IQ.
2007-07-20 04:12:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a common thing. It's been proven that many highly intelligent people tend to lack common sense.
2007-07-20 04:07:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-09 03:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of intelligence !
Put me in a desert with a nomad who is illiterate but knows how to find water, I'd be a very happy man !
2007-07-20 04:10:56 · answer #7 · answered by ALLEN B 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
served with a few intelligent well educated officers, and not one of them had an ounce of common sense, so sorry your not alone in this department .....
2007-07-22 11:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by ICEMAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right that is a stupid question and u probably are beyond help
2007-07-20 10:43:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋