My theory is your first thought is impulse, but your second thought is common sense.
I think the feeling of you're the only person having these thoughts, or a pariah for even thinking these thoughts, is common.
This type of thinking is common and useful in everyday thought, because it allows us to interpret events and behaviors; it is therefore persistent even when contradictory evidence is available (Kelemen, 1999).
Conformity of thought is common and new ideas are seemingly unwelcome.Meles was so central to the Ethiopian state that his followers are trying to keep him alive with a Mao-style cult of personality.
Most analysts gave it less than a moment's thought — trash talk is common in the league.
Since self-treatment for mental problems among doctors is common, [ 57] those with suicidal thoughts should be encouraged to seek psychiatric help.
"I don't know where I would be without my child," is a common thought.
"Australians think all international students are wealthy, there's this common thought around uni that we're really privileged, we don't need to study, we don't need to get a job, that sort of thing," Lizano says.
"Instead we need to tell them, 'Excel and you will get a mentor.' " Like a lot of what "Lean In" says, this thought is common-sensical but too infrequently heard.
"And then I said, 'I'm buying it.' " It's a common thought just before convertible deals are signed.
In fact, it is a common thought that possibility, necessity, and related modal notions, form a tight circle of interrelated concepts, so that none of them can be analyzed without resorting to some other notion in the circle.
