Article: Common sense issue is uncommonly confusing

Dear Readers: Can common sense can be learned, or do you have to be born with it? "Hoping I'm Right" wins a night on the town if you have to be born with it. I passed the question on to you. The envelopes have been opened and the answer is, sadly, not clear!

First, those answering,"You have to be born with it":

Dear Diane: Common sense is not common. I know highly educated people who lack basic common sense. It can't be learned; it is inborn and improved upon with maturity. You either have it or don't. DEFINITELY RIGHT

Dear Diane: I think a person is born with common sense. It is an awareness function one uses, or doesn't use. Like memory, you have to use it to make it ...

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