The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.In his story, "The Time Machine", H.G.Wells had assumed exactly that. He had created the Eloi and the Murloks, the Eloi being a group of dainty, flowery, fun-loving but useless sweet nothings, while the underground-living Murloks were dwarfish uglies that actually supported - and then ate - the Eloi.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.
But the Eloi were certainly not the ruling elite. They were quite helpless without the Murloks and would have starved to death without them.
One thing... this guy Oliver Curry is from the London School of Economics. Just how does being from the London School of Economics qualify one to be an expert of the future of the human race?
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"how does being from the London School of Economics qualify one to be an expert on the future of the human race?"
In this case, it not only fits, it matches.
Try reading the actual book, not just the Cliff's Notes version:
Welles cited the relationship between the Capitalist and the Laborer as the catalyst of the whole thing.
Comforting to know that the times and species may change, but the relationship remains the same...Parasitic!
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