> failure teaches circumspection and trains you to question your assumptions and reasoning when challenged. In smart people maybe... Just thinking out loud, b

> failure teaches circumspection and trains you to question your assumptions and reasoning when challenged. In smart people maybe... Just thinking out loud, but maybe dumb people continue to do dumb things because they don't have the insight or motivation to question their behaviour or the possible outcomes of their behaviour? ie they're not as good at learning from their mistakes?