{"id":140389,"date":"2022-01-24T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=140389"},"modified":"2022-01-24T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:04:18","slug":"how-you-can-be-too-clever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=140389","title":{"rendered":"How You Can Be Too Clever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XV7oZjkeiEY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It might strike us as odd to claim that a person might be \u2018too\u2019 clever. Yet excessive intelligence can blind us to some of life\u2019s simplest pleasures \u2014 and most important truths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It might strike us as odd to claim that a person might be \u2018too\u2019 clever. 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