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# The Last of Us Thoughts
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301210054/
- Published: 2023-01-27T06:44:25.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-27T06:44:25.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: tv

## Episode 1

is there actually no cure for fungal mind control? how would it control a multiprocess organism w nervous system, circulatory, etc? I guess the brain does it with no problem so perhaps a fungus that could get low enough into the brain stem could force muscles to move, like Michael did:

### 94 Degrees?

- \[ \] nerdist article
- \[ \] [https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a42535471/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-fungus-infection-explained/](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a42535471/the-last-of-us-cordyceps-fungus-infection-explained/?ref=bramadams.dev)

> *Naughty Dog* developers created the idea for the *Cordyceps* brain infection after they were inspired by an episode of the BBC documentary *Planet Earth* titled "Jungles", narrated by Sir David Attenborough. In the episode, it features an infected ant being killed by *Ophiocordyceps unilateralis*, as well as showing a variety of other insects and arachnids that were killed by different species of the fungus.  
> On this scene, creative director [Neil Druckmann](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Neil%5FDruckmann?ref=bramadams.dev) said: "it was all based on the idea that the more numerous a species becomes, the more likely it is to be preyed on by this fungus." In reality, it is quite impossible for humans to be fatally infected by the *Ophiocordyceps* genera but may undergo behavioral change or 'disorder'. Since humans are easier to dissect (in terms of removing foreign substances or matter) than insects (also body size can also have a different outcome for the infection), normal *Cordyceps* would take weeks or months for it to be fatal ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01gpwew1869sh9f1sdkmhgc58m?ref=bramadams.dev))

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/last-of-ous-fungus-94.png](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/2023/01/last-of-ous-fungus-94.png)

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### Austin V Boston

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-austin-Screenshot-2023-01-15-22-41-02.png](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-austin-Screenshot-2023-01-15-22-41-02.png)

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![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-boston-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-12-15.png](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-boston-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-12-15.png)

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### The Smart One, Not the Other One, God Bless Him

![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-smart-one-1-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-28-54.png](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-smart-one-1-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-28-54.png)

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![https://bram-adams.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-smart-one-2-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-29-07.png](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/cc/0ccc9a8d-054a-4056-b11e-e1bfbbb66387/content/images/2023/01/last-of-us-smart-one-2-Screenshot-2023-01-15-23-29-07.png)

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