You mean something kind of like this?
Well…not exactly. His comparison was to the refute the claim that “if taxes on the rich go up, job creation will go down.” That’s how he begins the presentation. He says this notion is “an article of faith for Republicans, seldom challenged by Democrats and is indeed shaped much of the economic landscape.”
He goes on…“But sometimes the ideas that we are certain are true, or dead wrong.” That’s where he brings in the geocentrism comparison.
So your characterization here isn’t very accurate.
I understand that completely, but that would imply that they aren’t actually “confused” at all, but rather sly like foxes. I don’t doubt that successful businessmen are sly like foxes, but I seriously doubt they are feigning ignorance here.
Again, I don’t necessarily disagree. I wasn’t really questioning “how” one could be so successful and not understand why, I was more just commenting on the fact that it kind of bugs me when I see examples of it.