A genuine intellectual is a person who is just naturally smart and has the ability to store and recall information.
Intellectuals have very good memories and can also solve problems easily.
An example of a genuine intellectual would be Benjamin Franklin. He was a self made genius, who just had the natural ability to retain information and learn new material quickly. All genuine intellectuals, should be like Benjamin Franklin, in a way. Fast learners, and people who analyze everything, trying to find out how things works, or why certain objects do what they do, would all be examples of people who are genuine intellectuals. I have always had the ability to learn new material at a very fast rate, and also be able to retain that information for an indefinite period of time.