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One of the central conceits is that the viewpoint character, Harry, comes across as believing that everyone who has not earned his respect is stupid. But it is not really in the interests of most wizards to prove the full extent of their magical or reasoning abilities to every judgmental 11-year-old who comes along.
(I commented on this back in December.)
Well, "stupid" may be a little unfair in the case of Order members or Lucius, but there's clearly a big intelligence gab between Harry and Riddle on the one hand and everyone else on the other hand. It's not just lack of positive evidence that tells us this. We have Dumbledore's own testimony that he (and the entire rest of the Order of the Phoenix) was totally outmatched against Voldemort in the first wizarding war.