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I find the two don't always go together .
I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but common sense has taken me far 
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Erm, neither? xD


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but they are kind of the same
you need common sense to be intelligent.
hhmm
my brain hurts
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lilSway wrote:
I find the two don't always go together .
I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but common sense has taken me far
I'll be arrogant and say "both"! 
Then I'll balance it out by saying "I don't think I excel in either"
I do get a bit of a shock when someone that comes across really intelligent, does something that goes against common sense! lol



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I would say intelligence but I still have alright common sense.

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I wish the option of Dumb Luck was available!
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well..... a lot of people have knowledge from life experience. Other people have come to their conclusions via research.
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Definitely common sense, but instinct has worked for me too.


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yeah....I rely on instinct quite a lot too. I actually think that common sense and instict have a lot more in common together.
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Yeah when I was typing I was wondering if they were really the same thing. All I know is my gut saves me a lot!


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Well they definitely aren't the same thing, I know a lot of intelligent people who are completely lacking in common sense, but I suppose it's hard to have common sense if you aren't at least a little bit intelligent!
Like CarCrash I would like to say I have both but don't excel in either! Although, I am probably more proud of the common sense, because my mum seems to be proud of me for it.

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my son is quite intelligent (considering he's two
), and fairly advanced with his speaking skills and such. But common sense?? Not a whole lot of that compared to the other children I know!
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I have both but my common sense is alot higher than my intelligence.
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hehe....I feel the urge to clarify. I'm not an idiot, but not a genius either 
unfortunately, I'm just average
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lilSway wrote:
hehe....I feel the urge to clarify. I'm not an idiot, but not a genius either
unfortunately, I'm just average
I'm not saying your an idiot sweets, but when it comes to intelligence in school I topped most of my classes which were the second highest level, however since having left school I have lost alot of that knowledge because I don't use it anymore.
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I have common intelligence.
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Sobkneferu wrote:
I have common intelligence.
You have everything I want.
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darn, all those philosophical poll these days... usually my belly tells me what to do.. and I usually depend on its intelligence... ? 

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Aleyah wrote:
lilSway wrote:
hehe....I feel the urge to clarify. I'm not an idiot, but not a genius either
unfortunately, I'm just averageI'm not saying your an idiot sweets, but when it comes to intelligence in school I topped most of my classes which were the second highest level, however since having left school I have lost alot of that knowledge because I don't use it anymore.
oh, sorry. I know you didn't mean that. I just felt I might have been making myself look dumber than I am 
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lilSway wrote:
Aleyah wrote:
lilSway wrote:
hehe....I feel the urge to clarify. I'm not an idiot, but not a genius either
unfortunately, I'm just averageI'm not saying your an idiot sweets, but when it comes to intelligence in school I topped most of my classes which were the second highest level, however since having left school I have lost alot of that knowledge because I don't use it anymore.
oh, sorry. I know you didn't mean that. I just felt I might have been making myself look dumber than I am
No no its ok, I like to think I'm intelligent because once upon a time I actually was and I just don't want to give that title up lol, I do know that my common sense is greater than my intelligence though
ETA: It has been 7 years since I left school so its pretty much all dried up now lol
Last edited by Aleyah (09-05-2008 12:54)
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I think you have to have common sense to be intelligent.
I think you can know a lot without having any common sense but that is just being knowledgeable not intelligent.
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I think they are totally separate things, and I'm afraid I'm going to sound totally arrogant and say I have both.
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I'll have to say I have a bit of both.
Enough common sense that I'm alive. ;D
And intelligent enough to tell you stuffs. odear
But yeah. They are separate. My friend's mom is an operatic singer and has a PhD in some sort of engineering field and she's pretty silly sometimes. One night she forgot how to use the toaster.
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Haha... this one is a thinker. I am surrounded by intelligent people who completely lack common sense, which brings down my opinion of them. And then people who are not always academically outstanding some time can get things done very effectively because of common sense. Common sense gets your further in the "real world" than just sheer book-smart intelligence.
But having both doesn't hurt. 
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I totally agree. I have a friend who is REALLY intelligent but she's an actual bimbo, she just has no common sense at all.
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