Rediscovering Socrates …

… An Inner Gadfly. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Do you imagine the unsophisticated or uneducated are more likely to fall into the trap? Think again. “People who are clever imagine that they are better than others at avoiding this hazard, but they probably have the worst of it,” warns Farnsworth. “Their ingenuity allows them to find easy ways to make their views look harmonious to themselves. That may be why the cleverest are not famous for also being the most moral or admirable.”