Forget "common sense." Make the argument that something makes "good sense" and support that argument with logical reasoning and evidence. "It's just common sen

Forget "common sense." Make the argument that something makes "good sense" and support that argument with logical reasoning and evidence. "It's just common sense" is simply an excuse to stop thinking, be it about the characteristics of the natural world, (which is, I think, what Einstein was getting at), or about human behaviour and characteristics. Things called "common sense" may even make good sense. So think about them and make the relevant case. Things called "common sense" are also often really just plain nonsense when dragged out into the light of proper critical analysis based on solid evidence.