I have a lot of intelligence.
As in, on stuff. Intelligence in use in the phrases "military intelligence" and "business intelligence". It's information. But it is actual intelligence as well, and when you have it, many people will mistake you for "being intelligent".
Having is not being.
People who think, or suspect, that one is not intelligent will doubt or claim not to have understood the intelligence. And they have a point... a lot of "snake oil salesmen" were behind the phrase "snake oil salesmen"... society has a lot of experience with people who obfuscate or dazzle with rhetoric, or fake statistics, phony studies, in order to garner a following. Often it's for profit, but some people do it for other "currency", like moral approval or fame, or simply to hide something, dodge shame.
As in, on stuff. Intelligence in use in the phrases "military intelligence" and "business intelligence". It's information. But it is actual intelligence as well, and when you have it, many people will mistake you for "being intelligent".
Having is not being.
People who think, or suspect, that one is not intelligent will doubt or claim not to have understood the intelligence. And they have a point... a lot of "snake oil salesmen" were behind the phrase "snake oil salesmen"... society has a lot of experience with people who obfuscate or dazzle with rhetoric, or fake statistics, phony studies, in order to garner a following. Often it's for profit, but some people do it for other "currency", like moral approval or fame, or simply to hide something, dodge shame.
