A case heard in the UK’s Court of Protection last month has received much attention and is an example of common sense combined with clear, unambiguous financial planning. The Court of Protection, a ...

InvestigationWhile the notion of 'common sense' has created fertile ideological ground for the emergence of liberal democracies, its blurred definition today allows unscrupulous politicians, ...

Throughout human history, survival and the formation of complex societies have heavily depended on knowledge. Equally crucial are the assumptions about what others perceive as true or false, namely ...

A few years ago, a computer scientist named Yejin Choi gave a presentation at an artificial-intelligence conference in New Orleans. On a screen, she projected a frame from a newscast where two anchors ...

Professor, English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture; Academic Director, Re.Climate: Centre for Climate Communication and Public Engagement, Carleton ...

How many of us have been admonished, "Use your common sense!" In actuality, the person has no idea what they are talking about, unfair to you. Reality and truth are not the same. We confuse the idea ...

Hot trends in corporate culture and management technique evolve from decade to decade, often in alignment with prevailing social trends. Recently, the “empowered workplace” has become popular, ...

Magda Osman does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

A group of New York University psychologists are taking strides toward making artificial intelligence smarter, by testing whether these algorithms can learn common sense. For now, the smallest among ...

Having common sense helps people understand the world around them and identify what they need to do to succeed. However, when someone doesn't have common sense, they find simple tasks more challenging ...