Why Smart Can Be Stupid

Why Smart People Sometimes Do Dumb Things, Chased From The Courthouse, Boston Bombing Truthers Continue To Ask Questions, Crowd Loses Its Mind As Guy Throws 17 Perfect Darts In A Row, The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape, Confessions Of A Fixer, North Carolina's Marshmallow Crops Are In Trouble The Daily Digg Wednesday, December 31, 2014 TO ERR IS HUMAN Why Smart People Sometimes Do Dumb Things scientificamerican.com Although most people recognize that IQ tests do not measure every important mental faculty, we behave as if they do. We have an implicit assumption that intelligence and rationality go together — or else why would we be so surprised when smart people do foolish things? A SHOCKINGLY DIVERSE GROUP OF SKEPTICS Chased From The Courthouse, Boston Bombing Truthers Continue To Ask Questions boston.com Interviewing the people who believe Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is innocent. THIS IS THE NEW GAME FACE Crowd Loses Its Mind As Guy Throws 17 Perfect Darts In A Row digg.com Who knew there was such an audience for professional dart throwing? Well, all of us now. TALE OF THE TAPE The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape priceonomics.com How a scrappy "misfit" engineer with no college education revolutionized the world of tape. TELLING TALES OUT OF SCHOOL Confessions Of A Fixer chronicle.com How one former coach perpetuated a cheating scheme that benefited hundreds of college athletes. THEY DON'T GROW IN MARSHES North Carolina's Marshmallow Crops Are In Trouble digg.com Too much rain wreaking havoc on Ben Yoken's marshmallow orchards and as harvest time comes near, business isn't looking good. Read more on Digg.com → KREMLIN'S CAPTIVES Russian opposition activist and anti-corruption crusader Alexei Navalny, 38, second right, and his brother Oleg Navalny, left, enter into the cage at a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is a leading foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found guilty of fraud and given a suspended sentence of three and a half years. Credit: AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014