Your example does not support your position.

A better example would be this:

"We know mercury is toxic to humans, so common sense says that it does not magically become non-toxic when it's injected into humans."

Likewise, common sense says that the extrapolation you believe is accurate (have faith in) has not been observed. It is based on two obvious assumptions:

(1) All elements follow the same decay curve, and

(2) The decay rates of all elements cannot be affected by external conditions.

As much as you want to accept these as truth, the fact is, you can only accept them by faith because they have not been observed.

Not only that, but these beliefs are based on huge extrapolations.

For example, we have witnessed very tiny portions of the decay curve below drawn in red and highlighted by a red circle, yet, your extrapolations predict that the curve looks like the on drawn in black.



The extrapolation may or may not be true. We don't really know, and since we don't really know, we should be honest about the fact that we don't really know.



Common sense is a method of making logical deduction based on information, so yes, basic information has to be available just as wood must be available to make furniture.

The information I had was that mercury is a toxic poison. Nearly everyone knows this. The new information I acquired that caused me to explore the possibility that mercury was causing my 17 physical symptoms is that a girl (Amy) told me that amalgam fillings contain mercury. Formerly, I didn't know that.

So, I combined that information with this information:

The mouth is a volatile environment, both chemically and physically. If you have something in there that's made of metal, it's probably going to leak or offgas to some extent.

With this combination of information, I took to the internet to see if any other people have had experiences where they had similar symptoms to mine that went away after their amalgam fillings were removed.

Yes, there were people who had similar symptoms to mine that went away after their fillings were removed.

So, I called the office of Dr. Hal Huggins (I found out about him while doing my internet research) and asked the receptionist if they knew what I should do. She said to buy Hal's book so I understand what I'm getting into and how to deal with it, including the risks. She said that they would send me a list of dentists that are trained in safe amalgam removal in my area.

This is a process of putting information together and drawing conclusions and then testing conclusions to a reasonable amount and then taking action...

Common sense in action.

Isn't it interesting that doctors have been wrestling with dozens of diseases for decades that scientific literature knows are caused by mercury, yet, the vast majority of doctors don't know this. That's right, they don't know their own literature.

How is it that I—having no PhD or Master's Degree or even any formal training in medicine or anatomy or physics or chemistry—know this and am able to fix myself when 99.9% (a conservative estimate) of doctors cannot?

Answer:

Common sense.



Of course.

The first scientists made some preliminary discoveries, and the rest were taught what to believe.

People who pay $125,000-plus for an education expect—actually assume—that they are being taught up-to-date, state-of-the-art information.

Well guess what.

They are making a pretty big assumption right from the start. The fact is, most of their training conditions them for managing sickness and disease using pharmaceutical drugs rather than solving problems.

I've been alive long enough to know that there are very few true problem solvers left in the world. Most people just do what they're told.



If Amy has continued listening to her doctors, she'd probably be dead now. If I had followed that path, I would probably be dead too.

Instead, we rose to the occasion and began applying common sense to our illnesses and solved them in days/months when multiple doctors working on the same problem with diagnostic tests, medical personnel and expensive degrees could not do in 5 years.

Yes LinearAQ, as astounding as it is, regardless of the amount of "education" one has, people still have faith in ridiculous claims, like the safety of amalgam fillings, mercury-laced vaccines, and NutraSweet.

And why do they do this?

Because they are told to.