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Originally Posted by Gem
Something that 'ought' to be dead... but is not clearly dead in that something animates the body.
There are 2 kinds zombie.
1) the horror zombie (of the genre we know and love)
2) the philosophical zombie (p-zombie)
The latter was popularised by philosopher David Chalmers. He argues that the physical systems of the body do not give rise to conscious experience. He described the p-zombie as doing everything a human does but without any awareness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzIxoy4JnjI |
As a big reader of scifi........traditionally there are two types of zombies. .
1.......supernatural zombies.......the undead
2 ......biological zombies. .........turned to zombies often due to biological warfare such as in John Ringo's Under a Graveyard Sky ( great series of books if you enjoy this kind of novels)
As far a if you should kill either sort to defend family and home?
All I can say is "lock and load" baby!