Public Service Announcement: Being Intelligent Is No Guarantee That You Won't Do Something Idiotic

In fact, if you know that you're smart, you might make even dumber decisions because you're too full of yourself. Think about it.

Anyway, I'm a professional nerd and campus-critter. And I can tell you that I have seen, heard, and experienced PLENTY of intelligent (even brilliant) people do PLENTY of really stupid things.