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Why do intelligent people make bad decisions?

It turns out that science could have the answer to why an otherwise intelligent human being makes...

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11.30 5 Nov 2026


Why do intelligent people make bad decisions?


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11.30 5 Nov 2026


It turns out that science could have the answer to why an otherwise intelligent human being makes bad choices in their life. To explain this further was Physicist, engineer and science communicator Phil Smyth.


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