Smart people make dumb decisions all the time. They are just better at convincing themselves/others that their (wrong) decisions are right. So why should philos

Smart people make dumb decisions all the time. They are just better at convincing themselves/others that their (wrong) decisions are right. So why should philosophy be different? All people (independently of intelligence) make decisions using their values/emotions first. And then defend those decisions (more or less well) using their intelligences.