What I meant is that when a person with daas baalei batim finds himself at odds with learned people, and his common sense tells him that he’s right, chances are that he’s wrong – not always, but especially if he sees that the Torah community as a whole thinks differently, he should ask himself….are my thoughts the product of my learning? If so, how much more does my work environment/college/media consumption impact my “common sense” and my hashkofa? Rav chaim’s words are much more relevant nowadays than when he said it.
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