Many people ask, what is intelligence? Answers sought outside self differ from those offered at soul level. Where do you look?
In the global marketplace, the economics of supply and demand suggest intelligence is quantifiable. Participating soceties create imagined needs. In this way, a person is viewed as intelligent according to practical utility of or marketability of skills or inventions.
In realms where beliefs reign, intelligence is grounded in principles and value judgements. Assumptions emerge like those who are more intelligent necessarily have more or less material wealth, health or specific conditions that are not equally accessible, yet widely desirable.
From another vantage point, intelligence is something earned through experience in this and other lifetimes. Consider societies that revere elders, reincarnated spirits, cultural history, or rituals and traditions which are practiced and mastered over time.
Ultimately, people can say things about your body or mind, but does this truly reflect intrinsic value? Who can say anything about soul? What if everyone is gifted with the same infinite, inner knowing, yet accepts this to greater and lesser degrees? Only soul echoes the truth.