I admit that there were a few times in Dead Rising that I had to pause in mid-zombie bashing to reflect on my actions as a human being, but then I would spy a shiny new death toy that would instantly quell any feelings of guilt, thankfully.

Well, it turns out that Frank West had the right idea in killing every zombie in sight as an absolute solution for the survival of the human race because a new academic paper published by mathematicians from Carleton University and the University of Ottawa backs him up.

Yes, you did read that correctly.

In When Zombies Attack!: Mathematical Modelling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection, the mathematicians model 3 scenarios that could possibly play out in the event of a George Romero-style, slow-moving zombie outbreak: quarantine of the zombies, curing the zombies, or destroying every last zombie on Earth. Guess what proves to be the most effective?

Better start those lawn mowers…

via io9