Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Canadian Zombie Study (really!)

I blame Laura from showing me the website, Body of a Geek Goddess... From the site...
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No 'Cure' For When Zombies Attack!
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I love this. The BBC just covered a story that a Canadian scientific research group have done a serious study into what would happen if zombies attacked. (The serious side to this is the spread of zombies can stand in for any fast-spreading diseases, apparently.).
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You must read this article: I'm not sure if the funniest bit is the conclusion (the only way to defeat zombies is to 'hit them hard and hit them often' apparently), the fact that commentators have said 'some of the assumptions made in the paper might be unduly alarmist' (Um the fact that actual zombies might exist? Alarmist, really?)
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Or that the report was headed by Professor Robert Smith? - yes, that's not a typo, he has a question mark as part of his name because 'the mathematics professor at Ottawa University says the question mark distinguishes him from Robert Smith, lead singer of rock band The Cure'. Sure it does, sure it does. Check it out here.