Oh dear. Brilliant.

Orthogonality saves the human race!

WilliamTheB | December 30, 18:54 CET

Yeah, that was a pretty in-depth presentation, and I really like the humor of it, as well.

Septimus | December 30, 19:12 CET

This presentation is fascinating and frighteningly believable. Thanks for sharing.

Arista | December 30, 19:25 CET

Marvellous - the slogan at the end is fantastic. Made me feel like I was back at Uni

becsthebeast | December 30, 20:48 CET

Oh heavens, death of the subject doesn't indicate a failure of the treatment (we hear this often in American medicine). *shudder*

embers | December 30, 21:37 CET

That's just wonderful. Thanks, futile.

This actually starting me speculating about the prion problem in terms of blood-drinking. That would also help them avoid prion diseases by avoiding ingesting nerve tissue, in addition to their resistance.

dreamlogic | December 30, 21:42 CET

Very clever - and those slogans are chillingly plausible (reminiscent of Goliath Inc for Fforde fans.) Great find!

Gill | December 30, 22:24 CET

Noooo ! Don't bring them back, look at 'Jurassic Park', life (or, in this case, unlife) will find a way !

Heh, very nice. Bit of science, bit of satire and a smattering of Joss, what's not to like ?

(liked the 'explanation' of the cross aversion especially, the sub-species aspect seemed a bit inconsistent but it left room for a funny crack at ID so i'll stop grousing ;)

Were "Health for the haves" and "Flexible ethics for a complex world" lifted directly from current political manifestos or what, BTW ?

(not to be contrary but aren't prion diseases - and their victims - extremely rare ? Maybe 5 per million people, maybe even less ? So, assuming we're trying for a strictly biological explanation of vamps I don't see there being enough selective pressure to evolve much of a specific resistance - just a generally more effective immune system would've made more sense to me. OK, maybe a bit contrary ;)

Saje | December 30, 22:54 CET

not to be contrary but aren't prion diseases - and their victims - extremely rare?

They're rare among non-cannibals. And probably the or one of the main reasons why cannabalism is rare in higher mammals. See kuru.

(which also appears in the webcomic above, wierd)

dreamlogic | December 30, 23:10 CET

Wow. I'm actually convinced that vampires are the key to a better tomorrow. Anyone know where I can buy stock in this company?

Love's Bitch | December 31, 00:36 CET

Man, that was hilarious and just a little bit frightening. Perfect thing to come across on a rainy day.

Small Frye | December 31, 00:54 CET

Great find- stock sounds good, so, where's the nearest blood bank? ;)

Trek_Girl42 | December 31, 00:56 CET

I didnt get it.

Apocalypse | December 31, 02:51 CET

That took a lot of work. And was rather chillingly plausible. Three cheers for Canada not giving them a grant! ;-)

Lioness | December 31, 03:26 CET

Where did they get the photos? The speaker's calm voice reminded me of my professors, creepy, but it will probably make class a little more interesting for a while, imagining them with "flexible morals"

Kokomo | December 31, 03:39 CET

This is beyond fantastic. Truly brilliant!

beans | December 31, 05:15 CET

Well that was eerily interesting. :o

Carmie | December 31, 13:32 CET

"Death of the subject doesn't indicate a failure of the treatment"
-Does this remind anyone else of Dr Mathias from the BDM?

TDBrown | December 31, 21:12 CET

That was very brilliant and also creepy and I found it quiet plausible as fiction. If that had been a book, I'd have been enthralled reading it. Wonderful and highly imaginative. Loved the slogan at the end.

Thanks for the link!

menomegirl | December 31, 21:41 CET

Heee. World War V.

Simon | December 31, 22:43 CET

Boy, was that beautifully done. Love the satire. It was satire, right?

newcj | January 01, 04:27 CET

That was fucking brilliant. Thanks! Now I want to read that book, even though it seems the whole vampire thing looks to only be a small side portion of the story itself.

Polter-Cow | January 02, 00:24 CET