A rationalist. This group of people to whom you refer, the ‘intelligent, yet somehow dumb’ are the rationalists. They’re good with logic in general, but have no connection of that logic with reality. Their logic is wasted on statements of fact they’ve received from authorities. They’ve never actually looked at reality. Their head is a tornado of statements and abstractions without any connection to reality. And you will not convince them of anything because they know they’re right, because the axioms they received from authorities are indisputable.

A rationalist. This group of people to whom you refer, the ‘intelligent, yet somehow dumb’ are the rationalists. They’re good with logic in general, but have no connection of that logic with reality. Their logic is wasted on statements of fact they’re received from authorities. They’ve never actually looked at reality. Their head is a tornado of statements and abstractions without any connection to reality. And you will not convince them of anything because they know they’re right, because the axioms they received from authorities are indisputable.

A rationalist.