[michaelmrose]

Everyone is heir to the same inherent flaws that plague humanity but smart people are less likely to practice self deception.

If you find yourself on average on the opposite side of the vast majority of smart people the first thing that is in order is self refection. While being smart doesn't make them correct the last thing that would be useful would be to dismiss the majority of smart folks.

[MrMan]

smarter people are deceived by different things but they are no less subject to propaganda. one of the propaganda points that works against all people is "you are in the club of smart people, let me let you in on some things most people either dont know, or dont want to know!"

[taolegal]

> but smart people are less likely to practice self deception

Smart people are better at contriving complex justifications that seem right but are in fact wrong.

People don’t usually set out with the intention of deceiving themselves.