Please do take it as a compliment. But that doesn't mean that I encourage further development of that particular trait, as it also sometimes goes hand-in-hand with ass-ish-ness.

I'd be willing to go with that. But do they require the aid of each other to manipulate that which is already in existence, or only to create something that has not yet existed? Also, what about everything that isn't life? Rocks and mountains and water and air? Does that take both of them as well?