Why Do Zombies Exist
Zombies are creatures that died but are brought back to life. Some scientists spend most of their career dedicating all of their research to zombies. With proof from multiple sources, such as scientists, the fascinating conclusion of zombies existing, and already having existed, is drawn.
The word zombie entered the English language in 1819, but the idea had already been exposed in West Africa centuries before that. “The idea of zombism, the existence of zombies, in fiction is thought to originate from the nonfiction book The Magic Island, a travelogue of Haiti by William Seabrook, first published in 1929, which detailed his observations of Voodoo zombi,”(Eldridge). Many different cultures, such as West Africa and Haiti, have their own versions …show more content…
The neuroscientists by the names of Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek have researched the neuroscientific view of the zombie brain in their book, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? They explain how different parts of the brain works in a human and, based off of common characteristics of zombies, how a zombie can exist based on this. They find and publish information such as the relation between different diseases and mental disorders and the characteristics of a zombie. For example, the hypothalamus in our brain controls how hungry we feel. Hypothalamus Disease is a disease where we cannot tell if we are hungry or full. In extreme cases, the person with the disease may always feel hungry. Zombies are often characterized as creatures who jump at any chance to get some food. Verstynen and Voytek describe how a zombie may have this disease, which is why they are always hungry. These scientists also include information on the “fight or flight response”, dreaming, the brain’s anatomy, and how diseases and disorders are affected by what goes on in the brain, and how all this relates back to zombies. In the end, they explain how zombies can actually exist (Verstynen, Timothy, and Bradley Voytek). Zombies being able to exist is not the only point proven by
The word zombie entered the English language in 1819, but the idea had already been exposed in West Africa centuries before that. “The idea of zombism, the existence of zombies, in fiction is thought to originate from the nonfiction book The Magic Island, a travelogue of Haiti by William Seabrook, first published in 1929, which detailed his observations of Voodoo zombi,”(Eldridge). Many different cultures, such as West Africa and Haiti, have their own versions …show more content…
The neuroscientists by the names of Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek have researched the neuroscientific view of the zombie brain in their book, Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? They explain how different parts of the brain works in a human and, based off of common characteristics of zombies, how a zombie can exist based on this. They find and publish information such as the relation between different diseases and mental disorders and the characteristics of a zombie. For example, the hypothalamus in our brain controls how hungry we feel. Hypothalamus Disease is a disease where we cannot tell if we are hungry or full. In extreme cases, the person with the disease may always feel hungry. Zombies are often characterized as creatures who jump at any chance to get some food. Verstynen and Voytek describe how a zombie may have this disease, which is why they are always hungry. These scientists also include information on the “fight or flight response”, dreaming, the brain’s anatomy, and how diseases and disorders are affected by what goes on in the brain, and how all this relates back to zombies. In the end, they explain how zombies can actually exist (Verstynen, Timothy, and Bradley Voytek). Zombies being able to exist is not the only point proven by