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Jun 15 2010 07:03am
Quote (LouisLeGros @ Jun 11 2010 02:54am)


A decent article untill i read the part about nanobots.
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Now, it should be more than clear by this point that our goal is to be responsible researchers. We don't want to create a panic here. All we're saying is that on an actual day on the actual calendar in the future, runaway microscopic nanobots will end civilization by flooding the planet with the cannabalistic undead.

Read more:http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen_p5.html#ixzz0qvUUjgJv


C'mon, they can't just assume stuff like that.
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Jun 17 2010 04:28am
Yes it is possible to make something that would mimic a zombie but it wouldn't be dead.

There are known parasites that can take control of its host and the host become mindless and usually end up getting eaten so that the parasite can go into it's adult stage in it's new host. If we were able to engineer a way to change the behavior of the parasite and allow it to take over the host and hunger for flesh then you will make a zombie.

We have already engineered some viruses in a way where when the viruses inject there own DNA into a living cell to reproduce; they instead create an anti-viral like cell and/or a cure.

We just have to rely heavily on bio-engineering and hopefully one day we can fully understand how to manipulate things on a molecular level.

*I for one want zombies to be real. I would love nothing more than to kill them and hunt them down for my pleasure.
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Jun 17 2010 04:36am
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Yeah toxoplasmosis can only come in contact with humans when you mess around with feline feces. You may contract toxoplasmosis but our immune system protects us from it. The only people who are vulnerable to this are pregnant women and AIDS victims. The symptoms of the parasite vary. Insanity is a rare symptom btw. Most women who contract this usually become more energetic and outgoing and social. In some cases women crave sexual interaction.
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Jun 17 2010 04:46am
it already exists
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Jun 21 2010 04:18pm
make a bunker
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Jun 22 2010 10:49am
Yes, I read an article on this before.
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