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Post by MegaDude on Jul 20, 2010 23:10:35 GMT -5
Both Beadley's and Torrance's groups had the idea of supporting a certain number of blind people, in part for the express purpose of having babies. In the situation of the book, is that a good idea? How soon would you want to ramp up population levels?
I think Beadley was thinking of repopulating as a matter of course, but Torrance was specifically looking toward the potential workforce, and also defense force if needed.
But until the triffids are dealt with, does it make sense to invest all that effort and end up with just more mouths to feed with curtailed resources?
I can see if there were no triffids that there would be enough resources laying around to keep a sizable community going, but until then, it seems unworkable.
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Post by visitor on Oct 5, 2014 10:23:54 GMT -5
There just arent enoug sighted folk to do all the work so the blind would fill the role of pack and draft animals nwho can do complex tasks even if they can't see. Feilds can be plowed and seeded, water can be hauled.
With the huge amount of disruption and death it's going to be a long dark age, its going to take a few centuries to get back to precomet civilization.
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