We laugh at the same jokes (usually for the same reasons), blush at innuendo, bow to dictators (at least temporarily), all because of a sense of implicit understanding: ie, common knowledge. We ...

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From using words to overthrowing regimes, shared awareness is necessary for people to coordinate. The cognitive scientist explains to Nature how it works. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: ...

Game Show Network’s popular trivia-based game show Common Knowledge has been picked up by Fox Television Stations for a four-week test run next month. Beginning on August 3, Common Knowledge, ...