Intelligence and knowledge being different things is quite the claim - namely it sounds like you’re stuck in the Cartesian dualist world and having transitioned into statistical empiricism.
I’m curious what epistemological grounding you are basing your claim on
I don't understand how you can equate the two and reconcile the past. The individuals who have pushed society forward in this domain or that scarcely, if ever, had any particular knowledge edge. Cases like Ramanujan [1] exemplify such to the point of absurdity.
I’m curious what epistemological grounding you are basing your claim on