“Of all beasts the man-beast is the worst
To others and himself the cruellest foe.”

Christian Ethics. Richard Baxter (1615-1691)

What is the difference between the struggle for existence in harsh natural conditions and the same in the conditions of a herd of cannibals? In other words, why does the former not develop intelligence in such a way, or rather, does not develop it at all, and why does the latter develop quickly and unconditionally?

Let’s compare the life of, say, Eskimos in difficult climatic conditions and a cannibal herd in a normal climate.

All the “northern peoples” have made little progress in their intellectual development, and the cannibals have made very little progress!

Natural conditions change relatively slowly and are usually predictable.

If yurts and igloo have already been built, if methods of killing animals to fill the belly have already been worked out, this gives a state of comfort and relative well-being for a long time.

Nature does not require CONSTANT vigilance and vigilance, and life in a herd of cannibals requires it EVERY SECOND! You must constantly be ready to repel the insidious and murderous trick of your “neighbor” and, at the same time, be in continuous readiness to commit it yourself.

Only such harsh selection conditions for permanent cunning, malice, treachery, meanness, ruthlessness and rigidity quickly and effectively develop intelligence.

Cannibalistic, but intelligent!

Therefore, predatory mutant cannibal monkeys became human beings, unlike almost EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND of all other species of creatures that lived on Earth incomparably longer and, it seems, had enough time to acquire high intelligence. Ahn, no. Only man, and only thanks to cannibalism, did this in the shortest geological time – two million years.

Carcharodon sharks have been around for three hundred million years, bees and ants have also been around for two to three hundred million years. And these insects have already created their own social and complex civilizations, but they have not acquired human intelligence. And all predators, regardless of the social organization in the pack, herd or pride.

And there is no need to talk about herbivores!

Cannibalism, and only as an ABSOLUTE AND RIGOROUS NORM OF EXISTENCE, obliged such creatures to develop an unusually high intelligence.

Those who did not develop it were immediately eaten!

People are worthy descendants of worthy ancestors who have preserved and carefully preserve these glorious genes in their genetic heritage!

28 IX 2024