Clancy Stein wrote:Sometimes the most fundamental way to assert supremacy is the most effectual. It's unfortunate to know most guys would subliminally lean toward a man that beats another man. Perhaps a natural response of wanting to be protected and supported by a dominant male. Females too but they can tend to be off put by male violence unless they're turned on by that which aome chix are.
I really like the explanation, but it doesn't fully answer the OP I think.
If it's come to a conflict, resolving differences is the intelligent approach, but has developed over the much more primitive layer.
What Clancy Stein describes is exactly that primitive reaction upon which you feel the urge to satisfy your ego by using brute force.
However, we would not have developed advanced intellectual capacity were it not more efficient. In this case, you'll receive less bruises and your condition will not for a moment hinder your next task.
I think it is easier to resort to basic instincts because of the initial energy investment. Intellect requires that investment without immediately getting something back, but providing better rewards. Brute force in this case will let you feel the rewards from the first punch. But, it is not all black and white, and intellect can even be applied to a brawl and that is called martial arts. Less punches, more damage.