"Smart" is a relative term. Social smarts and book smarts are two common versions of "smart" that most will have heard. I have a really high IQ in maths/sciences/patterns type of thinking, yet it works against me in the modern society. The reason is that I see the long term effects of certain behaviours and actions, yet people around me think it's smart to do the things I see as dumb. People see some behaviours as getting them short term or small gains, but in the long term big picture they are damaging the society around them to get that gain.
Then smarts, and things that make a person 'alpha', are not necessarily the same. There's also good vs. bad alpha behaviours to consider. Most things people consider to be alpha are often detrimental to the overall well being of society aka the tribe.
One might argue that the media has portrayed anti-social behaviors as alpha and confused a lot of young men. Why would they do this? Well, if you're a nut job psychopath that wants power and control solely for you and your tribe, if you can deceive the other tribe or families to destroy themselves, you win. And with a little cognitive dissonance, you can tell yourself it was their fault because they chose to do those things and believe your b.s. Thus, these people then consider themselves to be the true alphas.
However, wouldn't it be better if the alpha was to protect his tribe by refusing to allow such deceit to be published in the first place? Is it not the job for the good alpha to show those weaker the truth and ensure all are working towards (mostly) a common good to strengthen the overall tribe?
So who is the smart one... is it the one that spends time and energy showing the right way to those around him, or the one that pulls down and allows those around him to fail so he can succeed?
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