Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
so have many others.

I was using 'intellectual' as I thought JikK was, in the academic sense. In the pure sense of the word intellectual, as in fighting is a mind over matter effort, of course.

I'd also point out that not only Boyd but Travis McGee in the old John B. MacDonald series said "We can't outfight them, we've got to out think them." Even Mel Gibson in Braveheart said "...You don't fight wi' your back, you fight wi' your mind..."

As JikK also pointed out, Napoleon, the guy who went to Moscow and made, in his last fight, made the mistake of attacking the Brits who excel at defense, said "in War, the moral is to the physical as three is to one."

So John from Erie had no patent on that idea...
Wow, john boyd was actually quoting braveheart in the late 1980's! I didn't know he had that kind of power! Thanks for the clue!

And where did I say he had a 'patent' on the idea?