When a hero is introduced as being such a complete intellectual, it’s usually rather difficult to justify them making mistakes and being outsmarted, but Ray’s problem is he’s reckless far more often than not, which usually leads to one stupid mistake or another that a fellow heroic intellectual like Batman wouldn’t be guilty of making.
Ray is more than capable of addressing his other flaws, so why is it he always seems to overlook this one?
Ray Palmer is a doctor, a knight of the Queen, a successful businessman and the creator of a suit which allows him to defy the science of all things known to man.