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One need not look far to find breathtaking acts of stupidity committed by people who are smart, or even brilliant. The behavior of smart individuals-from presidents to prosecutors to professors-is at times so amazingly stupid as to seem inexplicable. Why do otherwise intelligent people think... read more

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Most of the authors accept the challenge of answering the question of why smart people can be stupid.

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  1. Robert J. Sternberg (Author)

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  1. nonfiction
  2. psychology 
 

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