Vampires a Mathematical Impossibility, Scientist Says
Zitat von maestro am 25 Oktober, 2006, 1330 UhrA researcher has come up with some simple math that sucks the life out of the vampire myth, proving that these highly popular creatures can't exist.
University of Central Florida physics professor Costas Efthimiou's work debunks pseudoscientific ideas, such as vampires and zombies, in an attempt to enhance public literacy. Not only does the public believe in such topics, but the percentages are at dangerously high level, Efthimiou told LiveScience.
Legend has it that vampires feed on human blood and once bitten a person turns into a vampire and starts feasting on the blood of others.
Efthimiou's debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human population was 536,870,911. If the first vampire came into existence that day and bit one person a month, there would have been two vampires by Feb. 1, 1600. A month later there would have been four, and so on. In just two-and-a-half years the original human population would all have become vampires with nobody left to feed on. [...]
livescience.comThere you have it, no vampires. We're closing tomorrow.
A researcher has come up with some simple math that sucks the life out of the vampire myth, proving that these highly popular creatures can't exist.
University of Central Florida physics professor Costas Efthimiou's work debunks pseudoscientific ideas, such as vampires and zombies, in an attempt to enhance public literacy. Not only does the public believe in such topics, but the percentages are at dangerously high level, Efthimiou told LiveScience.
Legend has it that vampires feed on human blood and once bitten a person turns into a vampire and starts feasting on the blood of others.
Efthimiou's debunking logic: On Jan 1, 1600, the human population was 536,870,911. If the first vampire came into existence that day and bit one person a month, there would have been two vampires by Feb. 1, 1600. A month later there would have been four, and so on. In just two-and-a-half years the original human population would all have become vampires with nobody left to feed on. [...]
livescience.com
There you have it, no vampires. We're closing tomorrow.
Zitat von necromancerza am 25 Oktober, 2006, 1437 UhrWell .. I`m not going to be the one to tell them.....
Take this same maths formula and apply it to one of the many highly infectious diseases.
Is our existance on this plannet not then also an improbability? 8O
Well .. I`m not going to be the one to tell them.....
Take this same maths formula and apply it to one of the many highly infectious diseases.
Is our existance on this plannet not then also an improbability? 8O
Zitat von thesunsetter am 25 Oktober, 2006, 1547 UhrI think Necro just done some serious ownage...
I think Necro just done some serious ownage...
Zitat von maestro am 25 Oktober, 2006, 1744 Uhrseems we're here to stay
good work dude^^they'll probably talk themselves out of it with "aids came out of the jungle when there were more people" though :P
seems we're here to stay
good work dude^^
they'll probably talk themselves out of it with "aids came out of the jungle when there were more people" though :P
Zitat von insidedistuo am 26 Oktober, 2006, 2122 UhrI think it would be funny as hell if a vampire decides to attack the person who came to this conclusion... :twisted:
so who's going to do it?? LOL...
IO
I think it would be funny as hell if a vampire decides to attack the person who came to this conclusion... :twisted:
so who's going to do it?? LOL...
IO
Zitat von insidedistuo am 26 Oktober, 2006, 2249 UhrI was thinking more of turning him... into an evil vampire * evil laugh...
but hey, whatever works...
IO
I was thinking more of turning him... into an evil vampire * evil laugh...
but hey, whatever works...
IO
Zitat von maestro am 26 Oktober, 2006, 2303 UhrAs a scientist he might be fully aware of the corkscrew-through-eye method of stopping vampire turning efforts, though
As a scientist he might be fully aware of the corkscrew-through-eye method of stopping vampire turning efforts, though
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