[jstanley]

In some sense, isn't making flawed arguments an intelligence flaw by definition?

[mistermann]

Not necessarily.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Logical_truth&d...

https://iep.utm.edu/gettier/

For example:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickster

[thfuran]

That depends on the flaw and whether you'd consider lacking omniscience to be a sign of low intelligence.

[samatman]

Argument is an art of rhetoric, not logic. Many very smart people make flawed arguments, sometimes instinctively, sometimes deliberately.

I'm not saying they should. In fact, I'll now say: they shouldn't. But whatever defect this habit is evidence of, it isn't necessarily a defect of their intelligence. Sometimes, but not always, or even usually.