Voldemort's Idiocy (Couldn't call it: Voldemort's Intellect ('twas))

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 177906

> Goddlefrood:
> 
> This seems to overlook what Deathly Hallows itself would tell 
> anyone. When Voldemort is thinking of the hiding place for the 
> tiara Horcrux he clearly believes he is the ONLY person to have 
> ever found the RoR. How he could possibly believe that given 
> the amount of junk in there is unbelievable, or it was to me.

Pippin:
It's simple, IMO.  He  thought all the stuff in there was *lost*. 

Voldemort really is brilliant, at least he was able to learn and 
use a great deal of advanced magic and impress all his teachers 
with his intelligence. But his disdain for others makes his 
grip on reality uncertain -- it doesn't occur to him that he 
could use a reality check once in a while.

Brilliance, IOW, is not the same as common sense. 

Pippin