In today's society, intellect is almost considered as cussing was to past generations. This loss of value in society is leading to the loss of intellect, and therefore the loss of all self-defining characteristics. Intellect has always been present throughout history, from Genghis Khan's military genius to Albert Einstein's mathematical intellect. Our understanding of the world is intellect, and therefore is good. Intellect makes one feel good of the accomplishments we have completed and relates one person to another.
Intellect is also creativity, which allows for innovation.
Science is intellect as it is always changing, but never forslacking ideas, just adding to them. Innovation come when a person gets a new idea and makes it happen. Innovation allows for innovation and a vault of knowledge gets stored, yet allowing for more innovations. Intellect by this definition is a continuous cycle. Intellect leaves you spinning complacently in the darkness.