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Originally Posted by willravel
Common sense describes none of these. The Earth can easily be demonstrated as not flat by a layman who can see someone or something travel over the horizon and then return with tales of... jack shit. No one falls of the end, thus the world is not flat. The sun, moon, blah blah... it's all a matter of very, very simple astronomy. When one realizes the movement of the stars relative to the sun and moon it becomes strikingly obvious. As for distance from the Earth to the sun? Triangulation. Take the position of the sun in the sky on two points on the Earth at the same time from far apart, then triangulate. Bam, about 92,000,000 miles. Common sense is not sitting there and guessing like an idiot. It's idiots that slow scientific development.
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*Shakes his head*
Apparently you don't understand what common sense is and why it contradicts logical thinking, so I'll help you out.
Look up at the sky during the day and observe the sun. It appears to move across the sky. Now do the same with the moon. It also appears to move across the sky. Since you observed both the sun and the moon to move across the sky during the day, then it stands to reason that they both orbit the earth. That's what 'common sense' is. This is why the geocentric theory was accepted as fact for so long; Because 'common sense' dictated it to be true. We assume what we observe with our senses to be true, even when they might not be. None of your examples involve 'common sense', but rather the application of logic (Science) in order to solve a specific problem or answer a specific question.
Generally, 'common sense' inhibits logical thinking.
But-- Hey!-- Since you won't listen to me, maybe you'll listen to this guy
Why you can't trust common sense