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Legendary Nobel Prize winning physicist explains why intelligent people make the worst decisions

He was one of the smartest people alive and never afraid to admit when he was wrong.

Richard Feynman is one of the top scientific minds in modern history. He was invited to participate in the Manhattan Project, helping develop the first atomic bomb. When the Challenger shuttle tragically exploded, it was Feynman who figured out what went wrong to prevent future NASA disasters. He was even given the Nobel Prize for his work in physics for essentially remaking the concept of quantum electrodynamics. He was also riddled with self doubt, incredibly unsure of himself, and criticized people of high intelligence.

Why was this so? Well, because in his mind and in life, people who are highly intelligent tend to rely on their intelligence to the point in which they make mistakes in judgment. In trusting in their own smarts, something gets overlooked or a mistake is made—but it's covered over in pride. They could also become too afraid of asking the right questions that could lead to the next answer. Some argue that Feynman’s greatest scientific finding wasn’t in physics, but in human ignorance and ego.

Woman lies to get a colonoscopy from dismissive doctors and it saves her life

“Keep advocating for yourself because no one else is going to get that done for you.”

In 2019, Sydney Stoner was 27 years old, just married, and had such immense stomach pain that she was collapsing at work. Doctors dismissed her concerns, saying that it was “that time of the month” or that she was too young for anything serious to happen to her. The pain had gotten so bad in 2020 that she lied to her doctor that she had blood in her stool, forcing them to refer her to a specialist and get a colonoscopy. That’s when they found the cancer.

When Stoner went in for the procedure, the doctors struggled to complete it as they found a five millimeter tumor blocking the pathway to her colon. At 27, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 bowel cancer, which had spread to her liver and lungs. The average woman doesn’t get regular colon cancer screenings until age 45. Had Stoner not lied to her primary care physician, she probably wouldn’t be here today.

How Ryan Gosling and director David Leitch advocated for a new stunt category at the Oscars

The fall Guy rises.

Stunts have been an insanely difficult and dangerous part of filmmaking since the dawn of cinema, from the silent film star Buster Keaton all the way through to today. When making the stunt-centric action comedy film The Fall Guy last year, Ryan Gosling played a stuntman and advocated for the work of stunt professionals to be better recognized in the industry. As of last week, The Academy Awards are listening, but not just to Gosling.

In a press release, the Academy shared “the creation of an annual competitive Academy Award® for Achievement in Stunt Design, beginning with the 100th Academy Awards® [in 2028] for films released in 2027.” Stunt professionals are an integral part of making a film work, and as the Academy shared, “More than 100 stunt professionals are members of the Academy’s Production and Technology Branch.”