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5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen

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Nanobots

As seen in...
Michael Crichton's novel Prey, The PS2 game Nano Breaker

What are they?
Nanobots are a technology that science apparently engineered to make you terrified of the future. We're talking about microscopic, self-replicating robots that can invisbily build--or destroy--anything. Vast sums of money are being poured into nanotechnology. Sure, at some level scientists know nanobots will destroy mankind. They just can't resist seeing how it happens.

How it can result in zombies:
Scientists have already created a nano-cyborg, by fusing a tiny silicone chip to a virus. The first thing they found out is these cyborgs can still operate for up to a month after the death of the host. Notice how nano scientists went right for zombification, even at this early stage. They know where the horror is.

According to studies, within a decade they'll have nanobots that can crawl inside your brain and set up neural connections to replace damaged ones. That's right; the nanobots will be able to rewire your thoughts. What could possibly go wrong?

Chances this could cause a zombie apocalypse:
Do the math, people.

Some day there will be nanobots in your brain. Those nanobots will be programmed to keep functioning after you die. They can form their own neural pathways, meaning they can use your brain to keep operating your limbs after you've deceased and, presumably, right up until you rot to pieces in mid-stride.

The nanobots will be programmed to self-replicate, and the death of the host will mean the end of the nanobots. To preserve themselves, they'd need to transfer to a new host. Therefore, the last act of the nanobot zombie would be to bite a hole in a healthy victim, letting the nanobots steam in and set up camp in the new host. Once in, they can shut down the part of the brain that resists (the cortex) and leave the brain stem intact. They will have added a new member to the unholy army of the undead.

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.

Science has proven it.





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3496 Comments

Absolutely awesome stuff - and chilling, considering my recurring nightmares about a zombie apocalypse...no more telling myself "it's just a dream"!

Posted on 9/4/2008 7:51:42 AM

So you've been prepared...For a zombie (I define a zombie as so sad fuck who died and came the fuck back to life) apocolypse that WON'T HAPPEN. This article was purposed and designed for entertainment. So you people who went to go get daddy's shotgun, sit the hell down. You aren't going to get eaten by any zombies today (that creepy guy you don't know that keeps popping in and out of your basement hohwever, now he's a different story...)

Posted on 9/3/2008 3:13:08 PM

First of all, i have 3 hardcore zombie plans. Second of all, anything is possible. And lastly, i hope reeseifer is the first to die. God bless:)

Posted on 9/3/2008 12:11:19 AM

I read these articles to be entertained. Not to criticize if someone believes them or not and in the same criticism offend a religion. So when I see other people do it... I really hope that cracked makes a list about them... maybe entitle it... "10 people who should be eaten by sharks because they are opinionated know-it-alls who smoke weiners"

Posted on 9/1/2008 1:19:51 PM

if this is possible, then let's all just take schitzo-pills

Posted on 8/29/2008 3:53:13 AM

If you really believe that a "zombie" outbreak is impossible, you are truly being naive, you know, the same kind of naive that makes the Christian's believe in the rapture. I mean, come on, cannibalism is something that still exists in certain undeveloped tribes, or if your plane crashes in the middle of no fucking where. If you take away the one thing that makes us "human", its all about survival of the fittest. If you are unable to fight for your life, you are fucked. And that is my little rant, thank you.

Posted on 8/28/2008 11:37:23 AM

$50 says he's among the first to die. :D

Posted on 8/28/2008 8:51:01 AM

hey when zombies take over ill be cracking up bc im preperd i have been 4 a long time its gonna happin but nobody beleaves it so when u r all zombie food and im safe and warm and ALIVE

Posted on 8/17/2008 9:10:02 PM

"The nanobots will be programmed to self-replicate, and the death of the host will mean the end of the nanobots. To preserve themselves, they'd need to transfer to a new host. Therefore, the last act of the nanobot zombie would be to bite a hole in a healthy victim, letting the nanobots steam in and set up camp in the new host."

Of course, just because they're self-replicating doesn't mean they have the awareness required for self-preservation. No self-preservation instinct, no bitey-bitey to spread themselves.

Posted on 8/15/2008 6:26:20 PM

"A notable feature of such disease is the inability of the infected animal to stand. Source: APHIS" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Cow_Disease

Kinda speaks against "stumbling, mindless attack cow", don'cha think?

Posted on 8/15/2008 6:19:15 PM

seriously i loved this one..specially when everybody here is kind off freaking out!! it made me laugh harder!!

Posted on 8/15/2008 6:17:32 AM

Tahayaro, you have to turn on 'Thriller" for them to dance.

Posted on 8/10/2008 4:18:06 PM

The ability of nanotechnology is so over-exagerated.

Posted on 8/6/2008 7:59:17 AM

hahahahaha-----tahayaro, your post made me laugh.

Posted on 8/4/2008 12:25:59 PM

I think that this could happen, and when it does im oing to the mall,wallmart or samsclub. I think it would be cool if this happend:)

Posted on 8/3/2008 6:37:45 PM

Zombie killer.... that's an awesome job.

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Posted on 8/3/2008 8:11:23 AM

Don't worry, there is a way to avoid Zombies. U have to turn on the music loud enough, the song call "Beat it" by Michael Jackson and the Zombies will dance and dance, they love it ..ha ha ha

Posted on 8/2/2008 10:32:42 AM

ok, well now that i know all of this wonderful information, i'm just gonna go and rip my fmaily to shreds before i'm tortured to death by tiny little robots.

Posted on 8/1/2008 1:21:57 PM

I'm already prepared for the zombie out break, i read the zombie survival guide. Yes All that time that my friends and family said i wasted setting up a fallout shelter in case of a zombie outbreak will one day be used! Yay!

Posted on 8/1/2008 9:22:21 AM

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