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Let me start by being perfectly clear that we should always employ reasoning when it comes to making decisions that matter. However, an important part of the reasoning process is knowing when to defer to those who know more than you on a particular issue, especially when “common sense” is anything but common, and often in conflict with reality. Further, what might be expressed as “personal freedoms” to reject the scientific consensus on certain issues can have a devastating impact on others. For these reasons and more, the problem of choosing “common sense” over scientific consensus is a serious one with far-reaching consequences.