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”

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  • corsicanguppy
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    8 hours ago

    Don’t rely on your immune system to figure things out

    … in time to keep you alive. I mean, given enough time, the body will figure things out. Vaccines are cheat-sheets to cut that time so it’s accomplished before the host dies.

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      5 hours ago

      Or overreact, and kill you that way. Viral fevers, allergies and septic shock are all examples.

      Evolution is not a human designer. It’s produces an endless pile of kludges that ends up working well enough. Although, in some ways that’s even more impressive.