There are different kinds of intelligence, social, intellectual, emotional, among others. Its how you are able to use just pieces of information and get a clear picture, of what might be the solution. Its when your able to see the picture with minimal input that your intellect shines. every one of us has different levels of each, kind of like that really smart person who lacks common sense, or has lots of common sense but takes a while to figure out hard problems. The show Eureka! has lots of good examples of the different types.