You are not intelligent,  but you have a degree of intelligence given to you .  Applying intelligence intelligently is crucial, and it should be done in logical and rational ways . It is  said a proud man , thinking himself intelligent can hang himself by his own intelligence,  so humility is the first asset that a really intelligent person possesses and Bhagavad Gita lists humility at the first symptom of a wise man .

If we look at the various species of life , incredible intelligence is present within each creature,  the weaver bird is able to construct such a wonderful home for family affairs,  the bees can produce perfect math in their honeycomb systems., so intelligence is present within all beings , its a given intelligence unique to each species.  An intelligent person will consider this with applied intelligence and come to the conclusion that any  given intelligence  causing any intelligent arrangements must  originate from intelligence , and that is confirmed in Bhagavad Gita .

As the Nyaya logical systems suggest in simple ways , where there is smoke, there is fire , that’s intelligence , if one thinks otherwise , one would conclude the person has lost his intelligence.

The Vedic Culture stresses understanding consciousness and its source, and it calculates that above intelligence is consciousness . Every particle of consciousness has a given intelligence , even in the microbial world , there is an accepted microbial intelligence.

Mankind is so proud of his big buildings and structures throughout the world , and spends all his time formulating various structures or computer technologies. Thinking himself intelligent,  yet foolishly forgets to understand consciousness , or proudly thinks that the arrangements and intelligence in nature or that are  present in all creatures is simply chance events of physical laws , thus He hangs himself with his intelligence and wastes his life constructing things , that he will not be able to enjoy , because death will arrive very quickly.

One of the most important statements in Bhagavad Gita is when Krishna says , I will give you the intelligence to come to Me , He says that because His illusory energies are impossible to overcome