Spinal Catastrophism: The Secret Story in Your Bones

On September 28th, 2021, while doing some research, I happened across a lengthy post on r/paleontology. It was an iceberg style meme, common for the time, exploring some of the stranger points of discussion in the history of paleontology. On the line between the fourth and fifth layers, far left, not yet midway through the depths of the post, a single phrase caught my attention. Spinal Catastrophism. $, shipping, handling, and a standard business week later, I hit a brick wall of some of the densest intellectual work I’d ever come in contact with. I took this as a challenge: I knew I needed to understand what this book was about, out of my own scholarly curiosity and pride as a stubborn psuedoacademic. Whether or not anyone else cared, I wanted to be able to say that I had conquered this bony beast of a book, and claimed whatever treasures lied within. I’m proud to say, I think I did. And now I want to share my findings with you. This video will break down, as full as I am capable, the themes, arguments, and logical flow of this Secret History, and bring us to the mind-breaking twist that awaits us at the story’s end. At least, up through the first 19 chapters. This video only covers through the Thoracic Retrospect, the rest of the analysis will be in part 2. Music Used - - - - - Diego - Gwinn Nebular Focus - Dan Henig Tusk Act 2 - Gwinn Play - Gravity Sound Drifting @ 432 Hz - Unicorn Heads Frightmare - Jimena Contreras Stand Tall - Lena Raine Evening Fall - Kevin MacLeod Bottomsup Bay - Fossil Fighters Glacier - Patrick Patrikios Intelligensia - Godmode Lament of the Ancients - Asher Fulero Ancestry - Lena Raine Nine Lives - Unicorn Heads Hopeless - Jimena Contreras Encephalon Deliberation - Kaedalus My Train’s A Coming - Unicorn Heads Space Coast - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena Namaste - Audionautix Passing Time - Kevin MacLeod Follow me on Instagram @ elementfreak Discord Server And don’t forget to drop a sub All of the images and video sources used are covered under fair use, and I do not claim ownership of anything besides my own artwork and logo.