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What are some examples of 'common sense' which are nonsense? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by comfy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Wikipedia defines common sense as "knowledge, judgement, and taste which is more or less universal and which is held more or less without reflection or argument"

Try to avoid using this topic to express niche or unpopular opinions (they're a dime a dozen) but instead consider provable intuitive facts.

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

that putting the thermostat up higher will heat the house up quicker

Same with electric range/ovens.

[–] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Is this true?? I always assumed that electric ranges simply had a variable duty cycle controlled by the knob. That would mean that if you want to get a pot up to a specific temperature, the fastest way is to set the knob to high until you reach the temperature, then reduce the knob to the desired temperature.

This is different from how an HVAC works, where you set an actual temperature and the HVAC runs until that temperature is reached.

But I could be totally wrong about how electric ranges work.

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

I tested mine with an infrared thermometer: Starting cold, I turned one burner to medium and another to high, and measured them as they heated up. They heated at the same rate until the medium burner reached its target temperature.

[–] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 19 hours ago

Interesting... if that's true, then you can know what temperature each setting on the knob is.

I wonder if this is true for all electric ranges?