Is it really the best just because its the most common?

24/05/2021
Is it really the best just because its the most common?

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I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard someone ask these two questions—

What are other people doing?
What is the best common practice?

While these questions have always bothered me, I could never really put my finger on why. I ran across a journal article recently that helped me understand a bit better. The root of the problem is this—what does best common mean, and how can following the best common produce a set of actions you can be confident will solve your problem?