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March 19, 2007
The demographics of vampires
Thanks to Collision Detection for pointing me to this totally cool study (.pdf) that uses the power of statistics and demographics to deduce the total number of vampires on earth.
The authors analyze how quickly a population of vampires grows based on how often they feed on the blood of the living, versus how often a Buffy-esque vampire slayer can reduce the vampire count. Their conclusion: if there were vampires, you could expect a total vampire population of between 128 and 512 individuals.
Posted by Chris Spurgeon at March 19, 2007 09:11 PM