Can superior intelligence be a negative thing?

Daedalus was the smartest man on the island (Crete) and wanted to do something no other man had accomplished. Although being a great artist ,Daedalus envied his nephew's superior inventiveness and became obsessed with fear that his nephew would outshine him. Therefore leading him to pushing him off the top of Athena's temple on the Acropolis. When king Minos learned of an escape from prison, he blamed Daedalus. Being the architect and engineer he was , his goal was to create wings for himself in order to fly out of the prison he and his young son ,Icarus, got imprisoned in. This made Daedalus weary of Crete, and he wanted to return to his native land. Knowing Minos (The king of Crete) can prevent escape from land and the sea, he thougth the only way for his escape is through the air.

He was so determined to get him and his son Icarus out of prison , he persevered and finished his project which were wings in order to fly above the land and the water. Knowing it is to dangerous to go to close to the sun or else the glue can melt and cause the feathers to fall of the wing and would send him into the water were he would get swallowed by the sea. Not listening to his father Icarus went to close to the sun causing him to fall into the sea and drown.

This shows even he was so smart to create the wings and get him and his son to fly out of the prison. He caused his sons death because of his Intelligent idea even though it was too dangerous. This shows it doesn't matter how intelligent you are you cant always hide from danger, in fact you can cause things to be more dangerous then the really are. Example. instead of just staying in prison ,he decided to put his sons life in jeopardy in order to have the enjoyment/success of his invention.