I talk about this a lot for some reason: never assume you are more intelligent than someone else.
Even if you were 100% sure about it. Thinking that you are smarter makes it more likely for you to make arrogant, tactical mistakes that make that advantage disappear.
Nowadays, you need to ask yourself: Are they playing a game against you where your smarts matter? At all? You might be more intelligent than the bully shoving your head down the toilet, but so what? Are you going to win?