Even a genius can get suckered

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/29/levenson.finance.regulation/index.html

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Yes. Intelligence as psychologists define it, or genius as psychologists define it (which Newton certainly had), is not a guarantee against irrationality, as cognitive scientists and behavioral economists define that.

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