User talk:Shawty71



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Re: Sorry
Don't worry about it. Sometimes it can get a little messy if there are a bunch of edits on the same page in a short span of time. =) Nightmirage 06:51, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

To anyone upset about the changes made to extensive mutations
I will now take the time to rip apart the previous version of extensive mutation.

"In terms of infection and mutation, the effects on people with the infection may vary, as aside from "Common Infected", Special Infected show extensive changes in mutation. A Common Infected is average size as they were human, have deathly pale skin, yellow eyes with no pupil or iris, have possible hair loss, and have weak body structure to the point that any blunt object, such as a guitar, can decapitate them with a single blow. While in those situations, Special Infected are intensely different. They have a much stronger structure than most Infected, and they all have some type of special ability."

-Pretty sure all this information is intact, just reorganized...

"It is speculated that their mutations are somehow linked to their lifestyles before infection."

-Interesting, I don't agree but let's see if the evidence backs this claim up.

"For example, a Hunter is the average size of a human, but is incredibly fast, is a high jumper, and crawls on all fours in easier efforts to pounce on victims. A Smoker is taller than the average human, possibly at 6 feet 7 inches, have an incredibly long tongue that can grow again after being cut, have a smoke of unknown origin that comes from their body after being killed, and have blemishes of some kind on their body."

-Listing the physical feature of an organism does not even remotely dipict a lifestyle, nor one that would effectively promote mutations from an infectious substance. The argument is completely broken.

"All Special Infected extremely differ from regular Infected, possibly showing that the infection has multiple strains that have effects on humans, and may attribute to their features (For example, the Witch and Spitter are both female, showing a difference). This is also backed up due to the fallen survivors sometimes running away from the survivors instead of at them so that he may stay alive."

-This is misleading because just saying "multiple strains" is a blind and ignorant comment. Also the connection between sentences is broken, this is just sloppy.

-The next part is where it gets really choppy and ugly. For this I'm going to have to break it up to explain how each part is incorrect or misleading.

"Another possibility is that before becoming Infected, certain hormones released by thought pattern, condition or emotion may have affected how they were changed."

-Condition, maybe but it would have to be related in some remote way to a person's biology. Thought pattern and/or emotion, absolutely not. Such personality traits are defined by social norms, not science. Hence the latter information that builds on this idea is completely absurd. The small selection of endorphins released by thought patterns or emotion are obviously not significant enough to invoke a physiological mutation, even with the help of a pathogen. This is an improper application of psychology and sociology to explain a biological phenomenon.

"The most common would be fear or pain, which could be attributed to Common Infected."

''Rage could have lead to the Infected being becoming a Tank (although humans who substantially had more protein mass inside his/her body; in other words, muscular physiques could be good hosts for Tanks,) explaining its hostility towards the Survivors. A high level of physical activity, or good physical condition could lead to the production of a Hunter, from their Parkour attire. Depression possibly leading to a Witch which could explain her crying and listless wandering behavior, and why she lashes out at who she was disturbed by. The Boomer is often thought of as obese, but its stretched-out clothes indicate that Boomers were once of average build before swelling up into a Boomer. The Spitter seems to have either been irregularly tall or a mutated Boomer strain." ''

-And this is where it gets really ugly. The three types of responses invoking mutations, in this paragraph are, Thought Pattern, condition, or emotion. The hormones released by thought pattern and emotion, of which the selection is extremely limited, aren't significant enough to invoke the physiological changes. It's just scientifically impossible. For example, feelings of fear are influenced by your "flight-or-fight" mechanism where your heart rate, thought processes, and adrenaline levels increase. Except the same thing happens when you do any sort of physical activity, like "running from the infected." Condition is definitely a possibility, but it's eclipsed by the misleadings of thought pattern and emotion. The information here is repetative and has been stated on at least three other wiki pages on this site. It's redundent.

I think it's obvious that the person who completely changed my edit, did not read or compare the original and the new. If they did, they would see that there was a lot of information still kept. Maybe the wording was changed around but unless I knew of a scientific conflict, I integrated into the edits. If you have any other questions please leave me messages and I will respond. Please understand that I did not intend on making the edits to offend anyone, however, I find it personally insulting when I see conjecture that is not at all correct.