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The Curse of Cleverness: Why Smart Minds Fall for Dumb Ideas

The Curse of Cleverness: Why Smart Minds Fall for Dumb Ideas

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Intelligence is a gift, but is it also a trap?
In this Holmesian deep dive, we dissect how smart people, the quick thinkers, articulate explainers, and mental athletes, fall for the most obvious nonsense. From the argument advantage trap to narrative addiction and memory distortion, we expose the hidden flaws behind fast minds.

Sherlock Holmes warned us: “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
This episode is about that mistake, and why the smarter you are, the more likely you are to make it.

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