Zombie Question

[JohnSand]

You're calling him out on "you people" when you paraphrased Charlton Heston, and referred to our fellow creature as dirty? You're an Apist, I'm calling PETA!

 

[TheCADJockey]

That wasn't me but I accept your challenge.

A prepare... To duel sir, remove thine gauntlet

 

[JohnSand]

Gauntlet? Isn't that one a them lady things? I'm not even fat!

 

[Natdavis777]

I dont get Zombies (from the standpoint of the Apocolypse and all the reality shows).... From a physiological standpoint they cannot exist. Take The Walking Dead for example. The half torso'd people the encounter cannot be alive unless they are immortal and possess some superhuman power. They cant exist bc they no longer have blood, which carries o2, nutrients, co2, etc throughout the body. Without o2 to the brain, it infarcts. Then it no longer functions, carrying out neurotransmissions which control motor function. I know in season 1 or 2 @ the CDC they showed how the brain dies, and then the brain stem "revives" but still A) what they showed revives only controls basic metabolic functions (non-voluntary muscle function such as breathing, heart, digestion). Cant have cognitive movement (trying to eat people, problem solving how to maneuver around a gate to eat you, etc) without brain function. And then theres the whole metabolizing whatever they eat into energy. No functioning pancreas, liver, stomach, etc means no energy. No energy, no movement.

Ive had a few drinks, but in a nutshell, zombies in no way can exist (I mean this in the fact that the dead come back alive)

 

[LandoLincoln]

I dont get Zombies (from the standpoint of the Apocolypse and all the reality shows).... From a physiological standpoint they cannot exist. Take The Walking Dead for example. The half torso'd people the encounter cannot be alive unless they are immortal and possess some superhuman power. They cant exist bc they no longer have blood, which carries o2, nutrients, co2, etc throughout the body. Without o2 to the brain, it infarcts. Then it no longer functions, carrying out neurotransmissions which control motor function. I know in season 1 or 2 @ the CDC they showed how the brain dies, and then the brain stem "revives" but still A) what they showed revives only controls basic metabolic functions (non-voluntary muscle function such as breathing, heart, digestion). Cant have cognitive movement (trying to eat people, problem solving how to maneuver around a gate to eat you, etc) without brain function. And then theres the whole metabolizing whatever they eat into energy. No functioning pancreas, liver, stomach, etc means no energy. No energy, no movement.

Ive had a few drinks, but in a nutshell, zombies in no way can exist (I mean this in the fact that the dead come back alive)

Yeah, well, OBVIOUSLY some other-worldly power is powering the undead zombies.

"Rage virus" zombies could totally happen. Get some kind of virus that destroys the part of your brain or stops the chemicals in your brain that stops extreme aggressive behavior and also gives one an insatiable appetite and we could have a real problem on our hands.

 

[Natdavis777]

Yeah, well, OBVIOUSLY some other-worldly power is powering the undead zombies.

"Rage virus" zombies could totally happen. Get some kind of virus that destroys the part of your brain or stops the chemicals in your brain that stops extreme aggressive behavior and also gives one an insatiable appetite and we could have a real problem on our hands.

Totally plausable. Also assuming you are referring to 28 Days later type of zombies (good movie btw)...

 

[b-boy]

I dont get Zombies (from the standpoint of the Apocolypse and all the reality shows).... From a physiological standpoint they cannot exist. Take The Walking Dead for example. The half torso'd people the encounter cannot be alive unless they are immortal and possess some superhuman power. They cant exist bc they no longer have blood, which carries o2, nutrients, co2, etc throughout the body. Without o2 to the brain, it infarcts. Then it no longer functions, carrying out neurotransmissions which control motor function. I know in season 1 or 2 @ the CDC they showed how the brain dies, and then the brain stem "revives" but still A) what they showed revives only controls basic metabolic functions (non-voluntary muscle function such as breathing, heart, digestion). Cant have cognitive movement (trying to eat people, problem solving how to maneuver around a gate to eat you, etc) without brain function. And then theres the whole metabolizing whatever they eat into energy. No functioning pancreas, liver, stomach, etc means no energy. No energy, no movement.

Ive had a few drinks, but in a nutshell, zombies in no way can exist (I mean this in the fact that the dead come back alive)

Have you never seen a 50s Sci fi movie? It's radiation from nuclear bombs. It can create 300ft lizards (Godzilla) and obviously reanimate the dead....Duh.

It's called SCIENCE! Google it!

 

[TheCADJockey]

Aliens. Obviously.

 

[scottyb710]

Zombies are made by a parasite in the brian so they don't need the rest of the body just your brain

 

[scottyb710]

Shoot for the head

 

[TheCADJockey]

I had a parasite in my Brian once.

 

[Natdavis777]

Have you never seen a 50s Sci fi movie? It's radiation from nuclear bombs. It can create 300ft lizards (Godzilla) and obviously reanimate the dead....Duh.

It's called SCIENCE! Google it!

I work with ionizing radiation (same as a nuclear bomb) every day!!!! This explains everything!