[DiscourseFan]

I wouldn't think someone who took calc for engineers would be able to work through a problem concerning group theory very easily if they were just being introduced to the topic--but they could probably solve some calculus problems (relatively) quickly since they are more used to doing them.

All I'm saying is I think it has more to do with familiarity of material than "intellect." Intelligence to me is being able to rapidly comprehend and assimilate new systems of logic and signification as they are approached. Biology is going to have different rules from Set Theory which is going to have different rules than Political Science. Someone might note that these things are all interrelated: which they are, of course. But I think intelligence here would be noticing the contradictions that appear when they are set in relation, not simply trying to understand how they all stand together in some grand, unified fashion; nor (on the other hand), making humble claims (like formalism) which are not truly held by anyone.