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Eloi-esque.

• tomrod 4y ago
  Obesity rates and cultural milieu suggest that it's not just Eloi-esque, unfortunately. But I think you nailed the general trend.
• denton-scratch 4y ago
  Not really. The Eloi seem to be like wealthy students - young, good teeth, straight blonde hair, nice duds, no job they have to do. There doesn't appear to be any significant evolution that could have affected them since the present. Only the Morlocks appear to have changed; there are no contemporary humans that are remotely like Morlocks. Dammit, this is scifi from 100 years ago; it doesn't throw any light on the future of humanity. I'm going to butt out, because I think this is OT.
  • mellavora 4y ago
    science fiction from 100 years ago, based on the author's observations of the switch from agrarian to urban/mechanized life (i.e. the start of the the epigenetic shift I referred to) matches biological realities revealed over the last few decades (thank you E O Wilson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson doesn't throw any light? Perhaps, thought of course that would depend on what spectrum of light one was sensitive to. I, for one, have a hard time seeing ultraviolet. Unlike my friends the bees.
    • denton-scratch 4y ago
      "Mellavora" - is that honey-eater, in some language?