Originally Posted By: jshannon
Excessively high balls/brains ratio.


I think it's a combination of idealism and a "I survived previous adventures, so I'll survive anything" mentality. Less so about "ballsy, but not to bright".

Is there a syndrome or other diagnostic for this type of behavior? When poking about as to what Chris McCandless was thinking, I found repeated references to a "Schizoid personalty".
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