Of course we can hurl around fine distinctions of intelligent, smart,
wise, clever, whatever but that's just playing with language. If
someone climbed the system of justice to become a judge (perhaps
somewhere where they aren't elected!) or attends a top university and
then rises through the ranks of the upper echelons of government, then
perhaps we can assume reasonabvly that they are the best of the best
of the best. And yet they'll still do things that are recognised
almost universally as fairly stupid.
The reasons offered are both subtle and fascinating - they often
centre around the natural arrogance of someone who has always been
'right' and can't even conceive of the possibility of getting it wrong
for once.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 04/12/2009, at 11:02 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> If so-called "really, really intelligent people" do "really, really
> stupid things," is it not correct to question how "smart" they were/
> are to begin with?
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> "Art's just fart without the eff."
> www.bwp33.com
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>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> One of the most interesting fields of study around at the moment is
>> the attempt to understand why really, really intelligent people do
>> really, really stupid things. They are not immune - they just assume
>> that they are.
>> Andrew Fildes
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