high intelligence but poor judgment.

There is a story about a man who sold hot dogs by the roadside. He was illiterate, so henever read newspapers . He was hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. Hiseyes were weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold lots of hotdogs. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more meat and got himself a bigger and abetter stove. As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated fromcollege, joined his father.Then something strange happened. The son asked, "Dad, aren't you aware of the greatrecession that is coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The sonsaid, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic is even worse. We should beprepared for the coming bad time." The man thought that since his son had been tocollege, read the papers, and listened to the radio, he ought to know and his adviceshould not be taken lightly. So the next day, the father cut down his order for the meatand buns, took down the sign and was no longer enthusiastic. Very soon, fewer andfewer people bothered to stop at his hot dog stand. And his sales started coming downrapidly. The father said to his son, "Son, you were right. We are in the middle of arecession. I am glad you warned me ahead of time."