Why intelligent people do dumb things.
The issue seems to be that brilliant people have a blinkered view of their abilities. Most intelligent people have a niche that they excel in but think that if they are really good at one thing they must also be really good at all things which just ain't so. We see the same erroneous thinking in other fields. Famous actors think that they have the correct answers to all of life's problems, which their lives disprove, but the media and their fans hang on every word. Eli... Read more