If someone is about to jump off a cliff, and is claiming to be interested in the facts before deciding whether to do so, it's probably quite sensible to explain the drastic consequences of jumping.
Economists suggest that people are more likely to order extravagantly when they think others will be sharing the cost, so it would be sensible to explain early on (without fuss) that you're on a bit of a budget, so you're only going to have a main course, and then put down what you owe, plus a reasonable tip, as soon as the bill arrives, before anyone can mention splitting it.
It is the only sensible way to explain this collective delusion that England, serial series losers, have been transformed into the most ruthless, efficient, brilliant Test team on the planet.
A sensible hypothesis to explain the results of the present study would be that a research subject lying awake in a quiet, darkened room without specific cognitive demands has no need for substantial phasic release of dopamine, and thus even if exogenous levodopa has added dopamine to presynaptic vesicles, they are not released at a substantial rate at the synapse.
When sensible people try to explain this phenomenon, they usually point to the extraordinary number of products and dishes from Emilia-Romagna that seems to lie at the heart of "Italian" cooking.
Trevor Bailey, who was a colleague in the commentary box for the later part of Yardley's time with Test Match Special, wrote: "I always considered Norman Yardley to be an ideal summariser: accurate, informative and very sensible, and able to explain not only what happened but also the reasons why.
As the nuclear option looks less and less sensible, it becomes harder to explain Whitehall's enthusiasm.
A select individual will come to disdain the senses and the material objects of the sensible world and try to explain what accounts for the similarities present in his experience.
Random violence exists in America, however, and therefore no sensible reason seemed necessary to explain the explosion at Olympic Centennial Park in the early hours of July 27 , 1996 when theoretically Richard Jewell discovered a bomb that the FBI later suspected him of planting.
Book VII of the Republic with its elaborate argument for the distinction between the intelligible and sensible realm, between the cave and the intelligible world outside the cave, may be in large part directed at Archytas' attempt to use mathematics to explain the sensible world.
It lies mainly with the politicians, who have proved unable to explain their (broadly sensible) policies to voters, and unwilling to deal effectively with the intimidation of street protesters.
