Dysrationalia is defined as the inability to think and behave rationally despite having adequate intelligence. It is a concept from educational psychology rather than a clinical disorder such as a thought disorder, and it has been used to help explain why intelligent people nonetheless fall for Ponzi schemes and other fraudulent schemes.
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Core ClaimThe inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence. 1 First Described Year Classification
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1. Dysrationalia, Wikipedia
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Dysrationalia is defined as the inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
2. Wikipedia: Dysrationalia
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