HeraldOfNyarlathotep t1_jbzorvo wrote on March 12, 2023 at 11:33 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in There are certain species of mushrooms that can't be cultivated artificially and only found naturally in the wild, are there also any plants that are unable to be grown artificially? by PianoTrumpetMax

Trying to envision the process of sustainably farming any of the "zombie" fungi en masse is rather uncomfortable, thank you.

sfchimera t1_jc09dj8 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:14 AM

Hate to break it to you, but every single day people are experimenting with every single premise of every zombie movie ever made.

HeraldOfNyarlathotep t1_jc0chw3 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:38 AM

It's moreso envisioning how mass production would be applied to it, than anything.

And that's certainly not true. Zombies in media are generally ridiculous in many ways even if you handwave the actual function of a zombie virus. For the same reasons an AI uprising is simply not remotely scary compared to media portrayals of the idea; we've yet to find or make something similar. A little like saying we're experimenting with planet-glassing lasers because we're experimenting with powerful lasers.

Research is being done on all sorts of much more immediately dangerous stuff, and generally with very good reason.