Trump voter lost her home to new Treasury secretary

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70. Sad, yes. But I can't agree with anything agter that.

First and foremost, logic isn't innate. It's learned. If it isn't being taught in schools as a required topic, then most people aren't going to pick it up.

I don't think "common sense" is actually a thing, either. There's "street smarts" - a mode of problem solving largely formed through casual observation and trial-and-error; but because it is anecdotal, I think it largely useless for any problem more complicated than walking to corner store to pick up a gallon of milk. Today's issues aren't simple. To understand them, one need not be a polymath, but must be at least passingly familiar with a number of disciplines most people simply are not exposed to. Economics, sociology, political science, medicine, climatology... odds are your average citizen hasn't spent more than a few weeks studying any of these things. They are so unfamiliar with the fundamental precepts of these disciplines that they are unable to tell the experts from the bullshitters.