Okay, I thought this was hilarious. Sometimes you can feel a bit weird studying something different. You kind of feel alone, then you find scholars out there that are in the same field you are and that feeling of loneliness lessens. Well, whenever I feel alone I'll just remember that there are weirder things out there to study: zombies.
Taken from News of the Weird:
If society were ever attacked by zombies, we would probably be
doomed, and quickly. That was the conclusion of two university
researchers in Ottawa, Ontario, who set up mathematical models
hypothesizing zombie attacks as infectious diseases with the well-
known characteristics of zombie biology from popular fiction. In
fact, according to a July BBC News report, zombies are more
threatening than virulent diseases, because they can regenerate
(unless decapitated or incinerated, of course). More troubling was
researchers' presumption that zombies move slowly, as in older
movies, but in recent fiction, they're super-quick, making them
nearly invincible. [BBC News, 7-18-09]
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While I would never study zombies (on purpose anyway) I do understand what it's like to be one of the odd one's out. I look forward to seeing what happens with your dissertation!
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