Quote Originally Posted by Tanarii View Post
Given that DnD's wisdom stat doesn't even represent what's conventionally referred to as wisdom any more, merely awareness, and getting your character killed takes quite a bit of intentional effort on the players part ... I agree. The game (and most DMs) trains them to be unwise.
Is it really unwise to walk into certain doom if you'll walk out victorious 99.9% of the time?

But also probably true IRL.
Well, there we get back to the Original Post and PhoenixPhyre's "brilliant idiots." Again I agree with the existence of the trend, but consider worrying about it to be fruitless.