Where does common sense come from? Reincarnation maybe?

Handling the material aspects of life is usually related to the upbringing , by the situation mostly.

An over protected person seems to fail to respond with adequately quick responses, having failed to get the instincts 'fired' by impulses, and then, gets 'habituated' to be so !

The reincarnation theory is more relevant to the inclinations and tendencies, propelled by the strong desires and expectations that remain as residues, and they too, by the strength of their very force of intensity, easily facilitate acquiring these tools right from the child hood, too fast even to 'get noticed' !

This questions presupposes reincarnation. What if there is no such thing? I think "life" is a series of levels and that when you die, you go on to another level. You are either born with common sense or you are not. This will determine the pathway that your life takes and indeed, how your whole life will be lived and, even possibly, how you will die. Whatever goes on in this life is of no consequence in the next, neither are the two connected.

Common sense doesnt come through reincarnation, unfortunately.

Common sense comes from every day experience. It is the stuff that you should be able to infer from basic knowledge that you pick up at a very young age.

For example, you could say that it is common sense not to jump in front of a car. You didnt have to try it out to learn that jumping in front of a car would kill you, but you know that high-speed objects hurt when they hit you.

It is simple transference of basic experience onto new situations.

Answering your question. A human being learns common sence by learning from mistakes and instruction. For example when you touch a hot pot it burns and you don't want to touch it again. If you have never touched it and no one has ever told you what it feels like then you will have no sence on what it is like.

If you are instructed to not break a toy or you will be punished. Then you are not breaking the toy because you know what will come if you do. And through your life you know that if you break something in a store then you have to buy it. If you hurt yourself then it is usualy normal to not want to do it again. And because God gave us a mind of learning then we are able see our faults and not do it again.

That is how we get common sence.

Maybe. I think common sense comes from parental instructions that are picked up by the infant and toddler.

Scientific, empirical, common sense parents have children who think that way. Hysterical, superstitious, ditzy parents have children lacking in common sense.

Common sense comes from our creator, it is the ability we are given to learn from our mistakes. It is His gift to us along with the life he has given us to live. There is no reason to reuse our soul, once it leaves our body, our soul faces its judgement upon the death of our flesh. We get the gift of life one time, and the decisions we make on earth determine whether our eternal soul is reunited with our creator or separated forever.

Ah - Plato. Good one. Inate behaviors v lessons learned.

Yes.. the more times you go through the life cycle .. your soul becomes older and wiser .. and you also gain common sense along with other benefits. Good Luck ! :)

I think if it came from reincarnation more people would have it. Unfortunately, it's been my experience that "common" sense truly isn't so common.

I think that common sense is a basic part of our being. Like instinct.