Board Thread:Versus Debates/@comment-5936871-20160126112547/@comment-9782468-20160203041925

If I'm a super genius then it's not your fault really if I outsmarted you. Black Zetsu outsmarted everyone. So trying to say Madara isn't smart is saying everyone isn't smart. In fact, no one in the Shinobi World understood how Madara pulled the strings until the end, so Madara really is only one step under Black Zetsu. Black Zetsu only gave Madara direction; his intelligence made him follow through.

For example, if Black Zetsu tried to manipulate, say, Kiba, into destroying the world, Kiba simply wouldn't have the smarts for it and would screw up along the way.