Why do you daven for daas if you already have it?
I once had a different question: In the entire Shemoina Esrei (with the obvious exception of the First Three and Last Three), we start every brocho with a direct tefillah/bakashah. This is the only brocho which begins with an intro: אתה חונן לאדם דעת. Why is that so? We don’t start ברך עלינו by acknowledging that Hashem is the Source of all Parnassah?
I think the answer is based on your question. Everything else is [relatively] easy to recognize – with a little emunah and betachon – that it comes from Hashem. Health, Wealth, Redemption, Spiritual Connection. There is one thing which is harder to acknowledge – Intellectual Capacity, Understanding, Wisdom, Knowledge. It is very easy to think – hey, this is a natural talent. Yes, thank You Hashem for deciding to give me the talent when You chose my genetic makeup, but now, I am what I am – I’ll manage on my own, thank You very much. This is why we preface the brocho with “אתה חונן לאדם דעת – You bestow wisdom upon Man” – the word חונן is in present tense. Everything comes from Hashem, and our success in intellectual endeavors no less than anything else.