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14th Apr '13 5:18:42 PM soothsayer

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* Someone on another forum pointed out a few problems with this interpretation. First, there'd have to be some change to the [[http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-ways-nature-brainwashes-you-into-taking-care-babies_p2/ baby schema]] in the Morlock brain to recognize young Eloi the way we recognize lambs, not the way we recognize human children. Nor does the text clearly establish that Morlocks know enough science to reestablish an Eloi ranch lost to natural disaster or overharvesting. And if the Time Traveller defeats them so easily using a blunt object and the light of a forest fire, they might not have the physical fitness to find another ranch.

[[WMG: When the Time Traveller (book version) mentioned that his earlier class struggle theory about the Eloi and the Morlocks was incorrect...]]
* …He was right. The creation of these two species followed an apocalyptic disaster turning the earth’s biome upside down. Plants were either unaffected or recovered but the animal populations never did. The surviving humans subsisted off of stored food until it ran out. When it inevitably did, they were faced with two choices: (a) adopt a protein-poor vegan diet or (b) engage in cannibalism. Those that took option A gradually evolved into the Eloi; their protein-starved bodies causing them to lose stature, their brains to shrink and they became herbivorous. Those that took option B gradually evolved into the Morlocks; as they became more and more carnivorous, their bodies adapted so that they were better hunters.

14th Apr '13 4:54:39 PM DamianYerrick

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Two worlds collide

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11th Apr '13 12:36:43 PM DamianYerrick

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10th Apr '13 2:02:46 PM DamianYerrick

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The Eloi metamorphose into Morlocks

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23rd Mar '13 7:40:12 AM Random888

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