Most women don't actually have the ability to discern what male intelligence actually is. They instead use the side effects of male intelligence to gage actual intelligence by proxy. A man who has a large body of knowledge in his areas of interest does not exemplify intelligence outright if he struggles with his economics, daily living routine or overall health and wellbeing. By contrast, a man who clearly has has shit together and can speak volumes about his areas of interest with confidence, articulate speech and authority shows a woman that he is truly intelligent in a life success strategy. Women equate the luxury of having time to focus on his knowledge and work which is not encumbered by his daily existence, i.e. isn't struggling with life's challenges, as a highly attractive intelligence. They know that man will provide for them very well and will maintain a successful life path into the future. That makes these men highly sought after Chads.

TL;DR: women value intelligence in men after they have determined that he has his shit together and is not struggling with life

Women don't give a flying fuck about intelligence. All they care about is money. You can be stupid as fuck but if you have money bitches will kill each other to be with you. Hell, you could be the ugliest motherfucker alive and they would literally share you. To suggest otherwise is truly ignorant.

Women are attracted most of all to high social status. They desire the males who command the largest share of the group’s resources.

In modern times, wealth is a proxy for high social status.

If you use your intelligence directly to gain high social status women will desire you. If you use it to toil away designing bridges or nuclear reactors women will only desire you if those things happen to bring you high social status that is visible to them.