The problem here, on both sides is one of definitions. Intelligence is a big wibbly wobbly mishmash of different things and not all of them are required in any

The problem here, on both sides is one of definitions. Intelligence is a big wibbly wobbly mishmash of different things and not all of them are required in any entity that is considered intelligent. Of course this leads to a lot of issues between differing groups having wildly different definitions for intelligence. So this leads them/you into another problem. Are you saying that super intelligence isn't possible in how they define it, or how you define it.