Yes, criminals are often very dumb. Do you think SBF is smart? This seems kinda dumb. He thought it was a good idea to steal a bunch of peoples money, while lyi

Yes, criminals are often very dumb. Do you think SBF is smart? This seems kinda dumb. He thought it was a good idea to steal a bunch of peoples money, while lying and pretending to help people, with his batshit ideology. Now his life is fucked. If he gets his due, he's gonna be doing 10-40+ years. I think there's a real chance he won't get the book at him (eg Jeff Skilling, don't know if I spelled his name right, don't care). It's not really worth it. Plus, everyone knows what a POS you are, which undermines your whole goal of making the world think you're an angel. Anyway it's actually not a "smart person / dumb person" thing. You can be plenty smart, and you will probably still do some headscratching things in these situations. People reliably do. Lawyers do. I'm also still just shocked that you seem to assume good decision making from the man, considering his history.