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RE: Magic the Gathering cards banned for 'racism'

Applying logic, will produce a 'common' result, no matter the one applying it.

Only (IFF) the people who are "reasoning" all agree on explicit primary AXIOMS.

The most common miscommunications are when people violently disagree about hackneyed conclusions, without first taking the time to hash out their definitions (PRIMARY AXIOMS).

What's referred to as "common sense" is almost inevitably what one party considers "obvious" and therefore either "goes without saying" (non-explicit) or is so "fundamental" it's "pointless to try and explain" (which is an appeal to ignorance).

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first taking the time to hash out their definitions

Bingo.
Now, is it logical, to not first hash out the definitions?

Now, is it logical, to not first hash out the definitions?

I find a lot of people consider it "common sense" that it's a "waste of time" to try and make their definitions explicit.

Yes and that is probably 'most' people. I am guilty of not clarifying, but not because of the 'waste of time' factor, but because of an aspect of the 'Dunning Kruger' effect, which has 2 sides to it. I automatically assume that people know the definitions of things that I am saying, and I forget, that most people will act like they 'know' even when they don't, for fear of appearing 'stupid'. So they play along, acting like they understood you, and actually never do. So the communication becomes a 'waste of time' anyways, other than to be fluffy small talk.

Yep. I tend to believe each individual has their own personal glossary, which they've never made explicit and are loathe to divulge.

Indeed. It causes me to often resort to this :

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You sort out all the really good bits in your head and then you spend the rest of your life trying to find someone else who groks it.