Intelligence Trap
A person with high intelligence can take a position on a subject and then use their intelligence to defend that position very ably. The better the defense of that position the less does that person see any need to consider alternatives or listen to others. That is not good thinking. Someone who has grown up with the realization that he / she is more intelligent than most people around wants to get the best reward for being so intelligent. The quickest and best reward is to prove other people wrong. This is a risk-free demonstration of superiosity. It is also relatively easy.
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Notes from the book 'Intelligence Information Thinking' by Edward De Bono
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