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Jakanden
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 Posted: 10/06/05 - 00:27 Post subject: 'Virtual' Virus Sheds Light on Real-World Behavior
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4946772
| Quote: | | All Things Considered, October 5, 2005 · A recent outbreak of a "plague" in a popular online game has scientists considering how the virtual world may provide clues to what people would do in real-world pandemics. In the role-playing game World of Warcraft, a "corrupted blood" spell killed characters and affected players in unexpected ways. |
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Renork
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 00:56 Post subject:
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lmao, I guess they are forgetting the significant difference in the number of people who run around in game trying to get noobs sick and the number of people in real life that would run around trying to get other people sick. Although they may just be converting in game evil to real life stupidity.
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Booker
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Posted: 10/06/05 - 01:54 Post subject:
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look at the spread of STDs...
or HIV.
we already have pandemics.
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Occulis
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