Warning: contains spoilers for Daredevil #36!
Marvel's Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four is widely considered to be the smartest man in the Marvel Universe...but that hasn't stopped some people like Daredevil calling out his completely idiocy from time to time. As the premiere explorer and one of the first superheroes of the company, Reed's reputation is that of a scientist completely engrossed in his work. This isn't always a positive attribute, as Daredevil #36 points out exactly what happens when an intelligent person ends up with a very narrow field of vision.
In current Daredevil continuity, Matt Murdock was recently released from prison and simultaneously uncovered incredibly corruption within the police force of New York City. While on patrol, Murdock spots two people in an alleyway attempting to flee the scene of a robbery. The thieves are cornered by both Daredevil and Reed Richards, who surprisingly jumps onto the scene - but even more surprisingly, Daredevil tells one of the thieves "Go home. Call someone you love. Tell them what you tried to do tonight. Tell them why. And then ask them for help." He subsequently lets the thieves go.
Reed Richards is astounded, but Daredevil insists that calling the police won't work - there's corruption in the force, after all. Reed is concerned that an altercation in the previous issue between superheroes and the NYPD might kick off another Superhuman Registration Act, and potentially another Civil War. But Daredevil counters: "You're a smart guy. The smartest, even. But maybe you need to stop using that brain of yours for looking at all the angles and instead ask yourself...what's right?" After this, Daredevil swings away, leaving Reed behind.
Daredevil's assertion that Reed overthinks all the angles is not necessarily wrong. Even back in the early days of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's run on the Fantastic Four, Reed Richards spent days in his lab, shirking his responsibilities as a spouse and a parent for the sake of his inventions and discoveries. Granted, they often helped humanity in many unique ways, but Reed's over-analytical way of thinking can get him into trouble. In the Marvel Zombies universe, a variation of Reed deliberately infects himself with the virus, considering the plague the next step in evolution - without even thinking about the emotional consequences of the action. While other variants of Reed are not as overtly obtuse, the pattern is still there.
In the past, Daredevil wouldn't even dream of letting a criminal go. But Daredevil has changed, and so has his outlook on life. Perhaps Reed Richards can learn a lot from Daredevil; if the Man Without Fear can learn to ask himself "What's right?", so too can the smartest man in the Marvel Universe.