EPISODE -7: A Stone in the Paw & The Day the Tail Was Lost.

In this episode, we take a brutal deep dive into two groundbreaking chapters from Alexander Nevzorov’s The Origins of Genius and Fascism. Chapter 8, “A Stone in the Paw,” tears apart the myth of human intelligence, exposing how our species’ so-called “progress” is nothing more than the mechanical execution of a blind genetic impulse. Then, in Chapter 9, “The Day the Tail Was Lost,” Nevzorov continues his dissection of human nature, revealing how civilization has done little to change the predatory, scavenger instincts embedded deep in our evolutionary past.

Nevzorov shatters the idea that early humans were rational toolmakers. Instead, he argues that our ancestors’ first interactions with tools were mindless, instinctual acts, no different from an otter cracking shells or a crab decorating its shell with debris.

What started as a simple scavenger’s trick—using stones to break bones—eventually led to the delusions of progress, morality, and civilization. But did anything actually change? Or did we simply refine the same old primitive instincts, dressing them up in philosophy, war, and industry?

For two million years, humans scavenged, defecated, fought, and mated—without inventing anything truly new. And what has changed since then? According to Nevzorov, nothing. Civilization simply provided a larger, bloodier stage for the same ancient drama.

🔹 The Myth of Intelligence – Was human progress an invention, or just an accident of biology?
🔹 Instinct vs. Civilization – Has civilization actually tamed us, or just masked our true nature?
🔹 The Cyclical Horror of History – From ancient tribal wars to modern conflicts, have we ever moved beyond scavenger instincts?

Many references in these chapters might be unfamiliar to international listeners. Check the pinned comment for detailed explanations of key terms. Some of the most important ones include:

🔹 Borodino – A major battle between Napoleon’s army and the Russian Empire in 1812, symbolizing the brutal and repetitive nature of human warfare.
🔹 Pleistocene – The prehistoric period (~2.5 million–12,000 years ago) when early humans scavenged rather than hunted.
🔹 Paranthropus – A genus of early hominins, often considered an evolutionary dead end, yet disturbingly similar to the Homo lineage.
🔹 Hammurabi’s Code – One of the first recorded legal systems (1750 BCE, Babylon), demonstrating that laws did not create morality but were merely an attempt to control violent and primitive human behavior.
🔹 Urukagina & Ur-Nammu Codes – Even older Mesopotamian legal texts, confirming that humans needed strict rules to curb their inherent aggression and savagery.
🔹 Otters, Beavers, and Crabs – Frequently used as comparisons to early humans, illustrating that object manipulation does not equal intelligence.

🎶 Track Used in This Episode: Blue Dietrich – Lovely Black Heart (Original Mix)
💽 Artist: Blue Dietrich

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