Bravery is to idiocy as genius is to madness.

sounds about right

Success defines both.

This is a fair assessment.

Success differentiates both

"Fortune Favors the Bold"

Heh, that same line had come to mind.

Or that one Batman series that was mediocre.

But I'd cut my teeth on the 90s Batman Animated series.

What’s the difference between prudent contemplation and negligent hesitation? Whatever comes next.

That's not how this works.

This is my territory Muten

'negligent hesistation'?

Basically, stalling too long.

Thinking so long that the vital moment passes you.

More like 'analysis paralysis"

I've heard of that one.

Though, negligent hesitation has a certain ring to it as well.

or colloquiolally, "to choke": (overthink) rather than panic (over react)

Both are bad.

Though, panic oft' times is more disastrous.

guess i see 'negligence' from a legal perspective; pre-existing duty

(And is a massive pet peeve of mine in minor circumstances.)

but it's not a constant thin, more discrete, one-time thing

Panicky people annoy the shit out of me.

Like choosing to disobey an order

Well, the implicit argument is that one has a duty to act.

you have a duty to follow orders but that duty was given when you signed up that they would follow certain standards

If you act too fast, or too slow, the vital moment, the critical point, the weak spot of the enemy at the precise time they are weakest. The Germans called this the *schwerpunkt*. Where you focus the tip of your spearhead.

so, if you are orderd to do something unethical, you refuse expecting full well to be executed at court martial

but, as you were fully prepared to die for your principles anyway....

I think that, over the course of two world wars, if *any* of the ability to determine those points is biologically determined. We’ve done a lot to eliminate that from the gene pool.

i am not so certain of that

One would think that it'll reassert itself.

already has

information age

This is why genetics isn't a holistic salve to societal woes.

encourags the extermes of 'only judegment' lacking all reason or 'only reason' lacking all judgment