Was at a conference were we broke into small groups and start talking about a story that illustrates a quality we+re proud of. Woman proceeds to tell us how brave she was for pursuing an affair with a married man that she 'fell in love with at first sight' this is NOT a joke
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Bravery and stupidity map to the same emotional circuitry (overcoming feelings of doubt and apprehension), so this is a common conflation.
I may be... speaking from experience, here.