Corrected entry: The Psychlos have been ruling Earth for centuries, yet they still don't know what humans eat?
LorgSkyegon
19th Sep 2010
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Correction: Most Psychlos don't care at all what humans WANT to eat. They care about what humans NEED to eat, i.e. humans doing hard labor needs X many calories to survive and must have at least Y protein, Z fat, etc... Terl is trying to essentially bribe Johnny with something even lower animals can appreciate: a favorite treat.
Correction: They don't care. Being technologically advanced does not necessarily imply actual intelligence. You might say their race is on the downward curve in their intellectual evolution. Look at the human race: All of the technology we've got and many of us couldn't figure out how to keep ourselves alive without it for more than a week.
Phixius ★
This is still confusing enough, thus making it a mistake. Even if they didn't care they would have learned it unintentionally.