Using the perspective of weather and climate, a scientist explores the conflict between science and common sense.

People who lack common sense think it's a great idea — often purely for their own comfort and convenience — to run with facts and opinions on the internet, largely because they spend a ton of time ...

However, there are still certain behaviors and habits that people with common sense follow in our culture that define their ...

For example, some people’s common sense convinces them that a single, obvious cause leads to a particular effect, even though many effects have multiple and confounding causes.

Before we answer this question, let’s first understand what common sense is, how humans learn it, why AI struggles with it, and how far AI is from achieving any semblance of common sense.

Ever feel like you're living in a world where basic logic is a superpower? From baffling parking decisions to endless ...

In humans, common sense is relatively easy to identify, albeit a bit difficult to define. Get in line at the end of it? That's common sense. Grab the red-hot end of a metal poker that was in the ...

For example, common sense is often used to justify that what we believe is right or wrong, without coming up with evidence. But common sense isn’t independent of scientific and technological ...

(Common Sense Image) For example, in 2012, 34 percent of teens said they used social media more than once a day. In the 2018 survey that number more than doubled, to 70 percent.

They lack the common sense to dismiss the possibility of food-on-food crime. For certain kinds of tasks—playing chess, detecting tumors—artificial intelligence can rival or surpass human thinking.

Teaching AI common sense will be the next breakthrough in the field. But how exactly can we measure something as intangible as common sense?

In the political arena, common sense is seductive, offering solutions that are both simple and obvious, not just acceptable to the people but emanating from them.