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[X-Men] why is Forge considered superhuman for his intelligence, but Richards and Stark generally aren't? What are the upper limits of his "powers"?

Edit: so I understand now that he creates things intuitively. But can he decide what he makes, or does he just put things together and then find out at the end what he made? Abs if he can decide, does he need all the parts easily available, or can he also intuitively know that he needs to buy 8 Tesla coils, 944 screws, and 439 yards of copper wire, etc?
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Richards and Stark understand the underlying science behind their inventions.  They could teach a class on the things they've discovered, if there existed other people who could keep up.

Forge cannot do that.  He couldn't teach you how to build one of his machines anymore than Cyclopes could teach you how to turn your eyes into interdimensional punch portals.