Even the smartest people are dumb most of the time. This is because cognition is computationally costly, so the brain must ration rationality.
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Kahneman’s body of work demonstrates that we are often wrong but frequently confident. These shortcuts and mistakes are present in the structure of our brains, and impossible to avoid, but recognizing them helps us discern between trivial and important decisions and invest the appropriate intellectual capital.
Scott Galloway • Think Slow | No Mercy / No Malice
“It’s very common to be utterly brilliant and still think you’re way smarter than you actually are.” – Munger
Morgan Housel • Makes You Think
Very intelligent people are very good at rationally defending positions that they've arrived at for unrational reasons.