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Mad Moon gives off the impression that Loonies are very stupid and have a small mind capacity, and I can really see its point:
| Human Thought Process: | Loony Thought Process: |
|---|
| Math | see something=laugh |
| Science | candy=eat it |
| Emotion | if attacked or threatened, be weird with three tows |
| Friendship | |
| Culture | |
| Religion | |
| Entertainment | |
| Writing, Language, Grammar, and Reading | |
| Electronics | |
| Social Structure | |
| Education | |
Based upon the information that you are given in the story, you can infer that the Loonies are de-evolving. "On the inner side of the canyon's portals were gigantic carvings. But the thing that set him staring in amazement was the subject of the portrayal. There, towering far up the cliff sides, were the figures, not of slinkers, but of—loonies! Exquisitely carved, smiling rather than grinning, and smiling somehow sadly, regretfully, pityingly—yet beyond doubt, loonies!
'Good night!' he whispered. 'Do you see, Lee? This must once have been a loony city. The steps, the doors, the buildings, all are on their scale of size. Somehow, some time, they must have achieved civilization, and the loonies we know are the degenerate residue of a great race.'
'And,' put in Lee, 'the reason those four blocked the way when the slinkers tried to come through is that they still remember. Or probably they don't actually remember, but they have a tradition of past glories, or more likely still, just a superstitious feeling that this place is in some way sacred. They let us pass because, after all, we look more like loonies than like slinkers. But the amazing thing is that they still possess even that dim memory, because this city must have been in ruins for centuries. Or perhaps even for thousands of years.'
'But to think that loonies could ever have had the intelligence to create a culture of their own,' said Grant, waving away the purple one bobbing and giggling at his side."
As the Loonies had a great civilization, but no longer do and are reduced to giggling weirdos, they seem to be losing intelligence rather than gaining it.
