6 points
Note, too, that there is value in being rigorous about “common sense” assertions.
Some of the most exciting discoveries happen when something everybody assumed they knew turns out to be wrong.
3 points
Very true! I wish I could upvote you more than once, so i’ll write a long-winded comment instead…
Quantum mechanics is the least common-sensical realm of science and math, and yet it is excedingly useful and has expanded our understanding of the universe tremendously. But to get here, many someones had to keep asking “why” without stopping at common-sense answers.
