It is possible to successfully fend off a zombie attack, according to Canadian mathematicians. The key is to “hit hard and hit often.”
Oh yes, somebody actually did a study on mathematics of a hypothetical zombie attack, and published it in a book on infectious disease. So, while we still don’t know what to do if a deadly asteroid takes aim at Earth, an unlikely but technically possible situation, we now know what to do in case of a zombie attack.
“An outbreak of zombies is likely to be disastrous, unless extremely aggressive tactics are employed against the undead,” the authors wrote. “It is imperative that zombies are dealt with quickly, or else we are all in a great deal of trouble.”
Having spent a fair amount of time mixing science with beer in the wee hours while trying to finish a thesis, I’m guessing that at some point, a graduate student who had spent far too many hours tweaking a mathematical model of infectious disease in the basement of a Canadian university said something like this: “What would happen if we made it so they could come back to life?”
This was followed by the other math students in the basement gathering around the computer, happily creating a plausible model for the outbreak of infectious zombie disease, and then brainstorming on how to make their model relevant.
Wired (thanks, ReliegiousMarie)
The key is to become one – You still survive, in a sense.
Finally, practical science applications that I can use.
ya know, i dunno which is wyrder–that somebody did a study on this, or that they published it in a book of infectious diseases!
Alternatively, open a call centre and fill it…. voilà!
BRAINS.
Well that maybe the approach needed for Canadian zombies but what about hard working British zombie families?
Dress them as Goths and send them to the local park?
Hang on, they eat brains yeah? – Oh, just send ‘em to Doncaster – They’ll starve to death!
Perfect! I have a deathly fear of zombies after watching dead set and other such types, and have been known to have a panic attack at 28 days later, but now I know that if it does happen, suicide or zombification is not my only options!!!
I have also studied the possibility of surviving a zombie attack, and i believe that they may have put the decimal in the wrong place. there are too many of them to ward off an attack successfully by yourself… “so whilst not impossible, it’s highly improbable” that you’d survive.
Also, they would need to clarify whether their calculations are based on the traditional slow moving zombies, or the buggers that can run.
And all these years I detested Math! Not any more, now I have an excellent reason to LOVE IT and use it!