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Post #86…Common Sense Guidelines
Whether making decisions or solving problems, the following guidelines will never let you down. * The new definition for Common Sense (Ref. Post #2). * You do not have a process until it is definable, repeatable, and measurable. * Never underestimate the power of a...
Post #85…No Common Sense…Example #73
Interesting Questions 1. If we landed men on the moon in 1969 how come there is not a Space Station, Military Base, Space University, Wal Mart, or Disney Luna Park on the Moon? 2. Why did President George Washington warn the Founding Fathers about the "evils of...
Post #84…No Common Sense…Example #72
More Suppression * Dr. Louis Pasteur's germ theory for infection diseases provoked violent opposition from the medical community of the late 1800s. How could a mere chemist poach upon their scientific ? * Dr. Harvey's monumental work on the theory of blood...
Post #83…No Common Sense…Example #71
Three Ugly Truths 1. America is a crippled republic because it suffers from COMMON SENSE CONFUSION and CIVIC IGNORANCE. 2. To compete in a global economy fueled by super technology, America must have a SUPERBLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE and a HEALTHY WORKFORCE. 3. America...
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Post #82…No Common Sense…Example #70
Sanitation Surgery * In 1867, Dr. Joseph Lister introduced sanitation in surgery, but not without a big fight with the leading surgeons of nineteenth-century England. His paper, "On the Antiseptic Principle in the Practice of Surgery", was read before the British...
Post #81…No Common Sense…Example #69
The Sentimentality Blues * Bob and Ruth Smith were enjoying life. They had just moved into their new home, and Bob's salary was enough to allow Ruth to be a "stay-at-home-mom" for their four-year old twins. * Bob was the manager of an Engineering Design Group for a...
Post #80…No Common Sense…Example #68
NASA's Apollo Blues * The original seven pilots were culled from a batch of military test pilots that had the "Right Stuff". * Before the first Apollo manned flight ever cleared the launching pad, eleven astronauts died in accidents. Grissom, Chaffee, and White were...
Post #79…No Common Sense…Example #67
Hand Washing * In 1848, Dr. Semmelweis, a graduate of the prestigious University of Vienna Medical School, introduced a revolutionary idea while assisting in the Vienna Obstetrical Clinic: he required medical students to wash their hands in chlorine water before...