We find descriptions of common sense in the domains of anthropology, artificial intelligence, and psychiatry. This is the common sense for adaptation, a form of practical intelligence that better predicts success in everyday experiences, if not real-world survival. This common sense is experienced-based knowledge rather than rule-based. When unexpected situations occur, it supports continuous assessments and decisions to adjust to the conditions at hand. Overwhelmingly practical, common-sense deals with a concrete situation on its own terms. Common sense describes cultural knowledge and behaviors. Inquiry drives practical common sense.

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The continuing extension of neonatology now includes surgical care, complex mechanical ventilation, and pulmonary care, support for families, and more. " "The problem common to organizations seeking greater effectiveness is the translation of HRO characteristics to neonatology. Mistranslations and misunderstandings undermine the benefits of HRO as a method of extension into new realms (2)."

Organizations do not make decisions; people do. People do not make errors; the decision does not fit the situation. Failure is not an option; failure is the option that drives engagement." "Science does not press analysis too far beyond the surface of reality into the detailed specifics of life, remaining instead in the world of probabilities, common denominators, concepts, models, and abstractions (2, 3)."

event, the authors initially hear stories that don't match how people act in threatening circumstances (1). The stories only make sense through publicly accepted beliefs, heuristics, and logic. A supportive challenge to the description of their actions, while the authors let the person know they had been in similar situations, quickly changes the narrative to one more consistent with human experience." "This is not a trivial distinction; private logic is quite visible in the first minutes or hours after a tragedy as events expose the raw beliefs of each person. Because we otherwise have no access to people's intimate internal logic, some behaviors and beliefs may not make sense to us unless we appreciate this private internal logic."