Matthew Arnold on Common Sense

NicoBoard is an app that helps parents make sense of a frightening time.

Shoving platelet-rich plasma up your nose might restore your sense of smell after COVID. But whether it actually works still needs to be sniffed out.

There’s no telling whether machine-learned common sense is five years away, or 50.

“I like to say, the universe doesn’t care about our common sense.  We have to force our ideas to conform to the evidence of reality rather than the other way around.  And if reality seems strange, that’s okay.” -Theoretical Physicist Lawrence Krauss, from his Big Think interview  

While 21st century etiquette maintains that you should be nice to everyone, there are fuzzy spots that can be difficult to navigate due to past expectations for how men should treat women. The best thing to remember: modern chivalry isn’t much more than common sense plus common courtesy.