In other words Weber did not "believe" in the common sense. Weber's concept of sociology was based primarily on social action. Contrary to "thinking" sociologically, he rather preferred to act on thoughts and opinions and ascertain their validity, for him things were black or white, facts or simply speculation. This is the main difference between common sense and sociological thinking. Weber's vision of sociological thinking focuses on reflection and modification. Weber believed that we have the ability to reflect on the things we do by interpreting our thoughts and turning them into actions. Humans use their personal experiences to acquire common sense knowledge. Weber argues that to explain human actions we need something other than common sense, we need something more concrete. Living among constraints can also mean in the sense of our thoughts and opinions. What is considered common knowledge and common sense limits our ability to think for ourselves and question these so-called facts of life. “We often see ourselves as the authors of our own destiny and therefore have agency in determining our conduct and controlling our lives… But is this really how life works?” (Bauman and May 2001, p.18). Some limits of freedom might be living among others and having our own freedom to think and act as we choose