To clarify, morality is not the issue. It's more along the lines of would an intelligent person blow himself up, add deadly chemicals to his food and actively avoid the evidence, haphazardly genetically engineer plants without carefully considering the effects on the ecosystem, design and build power plants that dump huge quantities of pollutants into the atmosphere, etc. All of these things have been done and require at least cleverness, but when you look at them from a distance they do not seem like the acts of intelligent people. In fact they seem downright stupid.

Do you apply your intelligence to the whole picture, or merely to the tiny sub-task you're working on, without regard to consequences. If the latter, can this truly be said to be intelligent?

You can use the word wisdom if you prefer. I view wisdom as knowledge experienced, which is not requisite for what I'm speaking of, but is a part of intelligence. I view intelligence as a holistic, balanced state of being, where technical skill and knowledge, consideration of consequences and the larger ramifications, and wisdom of experience all grow in tandem.

An analogy might be a person with balanced physical health and strength who uses that strength carefully, versus a body-builder with huge biceps and general inflexibility, who is overall unhealthy, clumsy and abusive.

One other aspect of clever people - they are often misused. They end up working for governments or the defense industry building bigger and better bombs. They seem drawn into such activities because of their cleverness, without absorbing the implications of what they're actually doing. If you try to discuss it with them their reasoning is shallow. It reminds me of a mentally retarded child who is misused by people because he doesn't know any better. But it would seem that a genuinely intelligent person would not lend his energies to projects which are clearly destructive and 'unintelligent'. He would see this. Why? Because he is genuinely intelligent.

With intelligence comes responsibility. Just because you CAN build that bomb, engineer that super-plant, or clone that human, doesn't necessarily mean you should. Part of intelligence involves understanding that. Yet this simple understanding often evades clever people.

Clever people are also VERY prone to ego effects, which are generally considered psychologically primitive. Read any intellectual or scientific discussion and you will find yourself hip-deep in ego battles. Would a genuinely intelligent person be so chained to the needs of ego gratification, or would their vision and insight preclude getting caught in such childish and nonproductive behavior?