It was "common knowledge" a man accused of deliberately infecting men with HIV had the virus, jurors have been told. Adam ...

I don’t know about you, but ever since I can remember – from my early teens – I have been bemused about the endless rituals we humans perform; and even more so about what can and can’t be said about ...

How have the unsaid understandings between people moulded us - our society, history, culture? In his new book, the Harvard psychologist digs for answers. We laugh at the same jokes (usually for the ...

How many of us have been admonished, "Use your common sense!" In actuality, the person has no idea what they are talking about, unfair to you. Reality and truth are not the same. We confuse the idea ...

In the 18th century, philosopher James Beattie compiled a list of 17 common-sense beliefs. A few are incontrovertible: “I exist”; “A whole is greater than a part”; “Virtue and vice are different”. But ...

How many of us have been admonished, "Use your common sense!" In actuality, the person has no idea what they are talking about, unfair to you. Reality and truth are not the same. We confuse the idea ...