Magic Man
Reaper of Conversation
Some people instinctively know not to do things in certain situations without being told, and others need ot be told repeatedly even though they have a high IQ. I know one particular friend of mine with a very high IQ (speed reader and all) and yet, he is socially inept even in spite of being taught how to socialize and reading up on the subject many times; I know girl who has a not-so-high IQ and yet, she excels wonderfully socially and is something that has just always come naturally to her even as a child. In theory, with the speed reading and the extremly high IQ, this guy should be able to excel socially in no time, yet here we are 5 years later, still same ol' socially inept person. Who's the "unintelligent" one here? The answer is "neither."
It's still the socially-good girl who's unintelligent. I don't really think being good in social situations is an example of intelligence. If you're inherently good at playing tennis, does that make you intelligent? The first person is socially inept and intelligent. The second person is socially ept (if you will) and unintelligent.
The problem isn't a person having knowledge or not, the problem is the concept of labeling people as "unintelligent" and having a definitive measure of such. Learning so-called "hard concepts," is not limited to people with high IQ's and having a high IQ doesn't have any bearing on how well you may or may not excel in some subjects; nor does it make people who have greater difficulty learning said hard concepts "unintelligent." Being intelligent again, is not limited to IQ tests and academics.
Actually that's exactly what it's limited to. For other areas of excellence there are other words, like socially excellent or good at tennis. Neither of those things qualify as intelligent.