“Common knowledge” is trusted as truth, yet history shows otherwise. From Van Gogh’s ear to the Titanic, and even post‑9/11 fears, repetition often turns myth into fact. This essay challenges the reliability of what we think we know.
#CommonKnowledge #Columbus #Myths #VanGogh
https://medium.com/@rwarwriter/the-failings-of-common-knowledge-2764f50a26e8
#commonknowledge
Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation that baby brains come with factory settings! Because we all needed a study to tell us that humans aren't born as blank slates 😏🧠. Next up: Water is wet! 🌊🔍
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/ #babybrains #factorysettings #humanbehavior #studyreveals #commonknowledge #wateriswet #HackerNews #ngated
Monty Hall's Mind Game - Steven Pinker and Brian Greene
Social Media's Epistemic Universes - Steven Pinker and Brian Greene
☑️. Earth (🌎) is only about SEX anyway, that's the planet's whole Draw
☑️. Even if you didn't know this Fact, it's so mf OBVIOUS. Every single thing is about SEX, secretly or in the open.
☑️. Even if you girls PRETEND you aren't after it, you fecking totally are. You just like to "WIN" get another boy to your bedroom.. then say no and cry Rape
👩🔬🔍 Scientists have bravely discovered that talking to more people might make us disagree more. 🤯 Unbelievable news from the department of "what everyone already knows"! 🧠💥 Next study: water is wet. 🌊
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-friends-division-social-circles-fuel.html #scientificdiscovery #communication #disagreement #commonknowledge #humor #HackerNews #ngated
How #CommonKnowledge Shapes the World
#StevenPinker #TED #TEDTalks #Economics
Common knowledge is the secret engine of #sociallife, letting us coordinate everything from meet-ups to #markets to international #diplomacy.
Are you f*ckin' kidding me?
There is a quiz where you have to guess/know the continents. All seven of them. Wow.
Seriously? 😂
Which normal person with an average education wouldn't get these in five seconds?
I. Am. Lost. For. Words. 🤷🏼
In the early 90s, when I was just getting started with fitness, I tried explaining squats to my friend Brad. "Imagine you're sitting back into an invisible chair and back up again."
He looked confused. "What do you mean?"
This confused me as I thought my explanation was clear. So I demonstrated.
My demonstration confused him more. "You get into a chair like *that*?"
Now my boyfriend was confused by his confusion, too. We asked Brad to demonstrate how he sat in chairs. That's when we realized that he flung himself back, lifting his feet as he fell into his seat.
We had never noticed this about him before. We spent the next while trying to teach him how to sit with control.
Imagine making it to adulthood without knowing how to sit on a chair or toilet without flinging yourself onto it. I wonder how many he broke.
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Reasonable People #54 : Two phenomena which derail useful meetings, and thoughts on how to tame them.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/pathologies-of-collective-life
Don't #TakeMyWord for #IT; #IT's #CommonKnowledge... | #ACAB
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#SNL's #CommonKnowledge is what we #Americans have, today.
Don't #TakeMyWord for #IT; #IT's #CommonKnowledge...
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https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/02/01/metropolitan-police-homophobic-racist-rape-iopc/
#JoshuaKnobe - What Do People Think About #FreeWill?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3tqKA_S3W4&ab_channel=CloserToTruth
#Philosophy #PhilosophyOfFreeWill #Will #Morrality #MoralPhilosophy #Wisdom #CommonKnowledge #Intuition #FolkKnowledge #FolkWisdom #Belief #FolkBelief #Aristotle #Determinism #CloserToTruth #RobertKuhn
@anders What’s the war about?
Everyone knows that snake case is superior to both #commonknowledge
Passenger Pigeon Manifesto
A call to public #galleries, #libraries, #archives, and museums to liberate our cultural heritage that has already been digitised. Illustrated with the cautionary tales of extinct species and our lack of access to what remains of them.
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