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Full Idea
You really can be highly intelligent, and at the same time very stupid.
Gist of Idea
People can be highly intelligent, yet very stupid
Source
New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2013.10.29)
Book Ref
-: 'New Scientist magazine' [ 2013], p.31
A Reaction
This is closely related to my observation (from a lifetime of study) that a talent for philosophy has a very limited correlation with standard notions of high intelligence. What matters is how conscious reasoning and intuition relate. Greek 'phronesis'.