If I was so angry that my mental faculties are apparently impaired razionalizing hardly would cross my mind.Originally Posted by Winter
Also are you claiming he spent an year sitting in his fortress waiting for Xykon showing the soul gem and doing nothing to prepare himself? I would call that pretty solid proof that he is a moron.
Again, for the third time, I am not arguing smart people should never do any mistake, is the sheer magnitude of the stupid acts committed that I have trouble accepting.Originally Posted by King of Nowere
To put your chess example in prospective is like the master lost his Knight, Bishop, Rook and Queen in 5 moves because of stupid blunder, while still believing his strategy was sound in a competition where the punishment for losing would mean having his head cut off...
Yes it does sound ridiculous but this is the benchmark we have here, Dorkukan throw himself in a fight without any protection, without any appreciable strategy, without backing down when things went bad and that got himself killed.
I am sorry but just saying sometimes a mistake is possible does not cut it for me, because it is much more than that.
ps- hello fellow italian.
Forgive me but I have no idea who General Patraeus is, I am not from US, but at the risk of sounding stupid myself unless he:Originally Posted by Winter
1) Was considered a genius
2) Got himself killed because of his mistake
I fail to see the paragon, one I would use to keep the military theme (I assume) is if a renowned and highly decorated field commander suddenly decided to make a infantry charge against a fortified artillery position on high ground while outnumbered and didn't even tried to retreat so got everyone killed, just because the enemy commander goaded him, would you consider him smart?
I would really like to see a possible example of someone who would make use of such poor judgement in a life and death situation and still be considered intelligent.
I really hope this time I made my position more clear but to reassume, for me there is a limit of stupid things I can accept from a person before stopping to consider him intelligent.