{"id":96,"date":"2005-06-07T02:31:37","date_gmt":"2005-06-07T08:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/index.php\/2005\/06\/07\/self-evident\/"},"modified":"2006-02-16T02:33:25","modified_gmt":"2006-02-16T08:33:25","slug":"self-evident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2005\/06\/self-evident\/","title":{"rendered":"Self evident"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><font face=\"Courier New, Courier, mono\">Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock<\/font><\/h6>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><b>Tuesday, June 7, 2005:<\/b> Why is it that very smart people do such stupid things?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> I am a very smart person so I should know. -30-<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright 2005 Ben S. Pollock Tuesday, June 7, 2005: Why is it that very smart people do such stupid things? 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