[Turret Gunner A20]

That doesn’t always matter. I must ask, are you not aware that I am saying that what makes a man powerful is his intellect? If you remove his ability to use it, you have removed all his power, for all practical purposes. The whole point of my original post is rooted in the simple fact that power is not limited to what you can do only with your physical body. It has to do with how much your mind allows you to do with that body. The mind is a massive lever. And that lever makes man the most powerful animal on the planet. Sure, the elephants body is physically more powerful than a mans, but a man’s brain allows him to build an M1 Abrams tank which will obliterate a “herd” of elephants. Man is far more powerful. By far.

Now, that's a whole lot of additions to what our duscussion started over. Isn't it? Should said that in the beginning -- and saved us both a lot of time.

Anyhow, it's been fun. Take care.

[RobRoy]

All I said in my original post is that man is the most powerful animal.

Every follow-up post was merely to confirm, amplify and clarify that point. You inferred that by “powerful” I meant the biggest muscles, bone, claws and teeth. That would have been an absurd assertion. So absurd that it never occurred to me someone would think I was seriously implying that.

Without his brain, man is one of the weakest creatures on the planet and would have long ago gone extinct. With his brain, man is at the top, way ahead of whatever is in second place.