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Originally Posted by papasmurf  I have met many such people in real life. They know theory inside out and backwards, but give them a practical task to do, and they are useless. In a life threatening/survival situation most of them would die. |
Applied knowledge and the associated skills are another aspect of intelligence. But I wouldn't say just because a person possesses that it makes them intelligent. You could be very clever at practical skills and knowledge but still not be well-rounded in your intelligence, or wise in how you use your cleverness.
Bomb-making is a practical skill, for example. There may even be cases where you would consider it truly intelligent to use that skill for survival. But there would also be examples where a clever bomb-maker makes poor choices in using that skill, so is rather 'dumb' overall.