By BrainFall Staff - Updated: October 10, 2024
Common sense is the ability to judge things, make sound decisions, and act in a reasonable way. Take this quiz to find out how high – or low – your common sense level is!
Here’s how you might score:
Your sense is 0-30% common, you are a Threat To Others!
When you wake up in the morning, the first thing on your to-do list is to have a complete disregard for logic. Every time you get behind the wheel, operate a pair of safety scissors, or make a phone call, you represent a danger to everyone around you. You are a whirlwind of destruction, and you can’t even figure out why.
Your sense is 30-60% common, you are a Bit Ditzy!
Rather than use that big pink thing inside your skull, you like to learn through experience. That’s how you know that fire is hot, ice is cold, and super glue indeed works on human fingers. But it’s OK, you’re still alive and kicking, at least as long as you keep making MOSTLY the right decisions.
Your sense is 60-80% common, you are Pretty Sensible!
You tend to keep your wits about you, but like most people, you have a blonde moment every now and then. So maybe you’ve blown up a couple microwaves from heating TV dinners a bit long. Who hasn’t?
Your sense is 80-100% common, you are Level-Headed!
You know not to stick forks in electrical sockets, use a hair dryer in the bathtub, and eat those silica packets that come in beef jerky bags. In fact, you’re probably the one saving your friends from all of life’s hazards.
Common Sense Test
Common sense is sound practical judgment concerning everyday matters, or a basic ability to perceive, understand, and judge that is shared by ("common to") nearly all people. The first type of common sense, good sense, can be described as "the knack for seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done." The second type is sometimes described as folk wisdom, "signifying unreflective knowledge not reliant on specialized training or deliberative thought." The two types are intertwined, as the person who has common sense is in touch with common-sense ideas, which emerge from the lived experiences of those commonsensical enough to perceive them
