Comments on: My mother, the alien http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:05:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18845 alan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:16:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18845 "normal" woman in the photo, yet that depends on your perception of how normal human people look like. Perhaps an infants under-developed eyes can distort the shape of things, although I wonder then about color. It's possible that if everyone were to perceive "normal" people as having light complexion for skin tone, then a mother of caucasian ethnicity might pass for the light complexion of the typical standard description of aliens. what if the "normal" woman happens to be a mother of an ethnicity having much darker skin tone complexion? the infant might see a distorted shaped, but as for the light complexion...no. so far not too many people have witnessed seeing aliens with darker complexions. so perhaps people who have darker skin, might happen to witness the standard dark large eyed light skinned alien, and if wouldn't be an infant memory of their own darker complected mother. “normal” woman in the photo, yet that depends on your perception of how normal human people look like. Perhaps an infants under-developed eyes can distort the shape of things, although I wonder then about color.

It’s possible that if everyone were to perceive “normal” people as having light complexion for skin tone, then a mother of caucasian ethnicity might
pass for the light complexion of the typical standard description of aliens.

what if the “normal” woman happens to be a mother of an ethnicity having much darker skin tone complexion? the infant might see a distorted shaped, but as for the light complexion…no.

so far not too many people have witnessed seeing aliens with darker complexions. so perhaps people who have darker skin, might happen to witness the standard dark large eyed light skinned alien, and if wouldn’t be an infant memory of their own darker complected mother.

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]]> By: The Mosquito Eater » Blog Archive » Yo Mamma Look Like ET http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18843 The Mosquito Eater » Blog Archive » Yo Mamma Look Like ET Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:16:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18843 [...] It was bad enough finding out that my uncle may have been messing around with chimps, but now it turns out that my mother might be an alien. [...] [...] It was bad enough finding out that my uncle may have been messing around with chimps, but now it turns out that my mother might be an alien. [...]

]]> By: JanieBelle and Kate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18842 JanieBelle and Kate Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:25:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18842 Hey Dr. BA? <a href="http://udoj.blogspot.com/2006/08/anal-probes-explained-maybe.html#c115547523558327393" rel="nofollow">I just had a thought</a> (which may in itself be unusual) about this: What if we took a bunch of people who claim to have been abducted by aliens, and asked them to draw a picture of the aliens. Then we ask them to provide a picture of THEIR mother and run it through the filters, as opposed to just any ol' young woman. That seems like it would make for a more solid case to me, or at least make for some interesting comparisons. Hey Dr. BA?

I just had a thought (which may in itself be unusual) about this:

What if we took a bunch of people who claim to have been abducted by aliens, and asked them to draw a picture of the aliens.

Then we ask them to provide a picture of THEIR mother and run it through the filters, as opposed to just any ol’ young woman.

That seems like it would make for a more solid case to me, or at least make for some interesting comparisons.

]]> By: JanieBelle and Kate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18841 JanieBelle and Kate Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:37:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18841 You're welcome, Dr. BA. Your new link is way more legible than ours. We'll adjust that in our post about your post about their post. Thanks right back! You’re welcome, Dr. BA. Your new link is way more legible than ours. We’ll adjust that in our post about your post about their post.

Thanks right back!

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18810 The Bad Astronomer Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:17:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18810 I fixed it. I found a version that ended with php, but that may have been removed. Weird. I changed it to html and it's working now. Thanks! I fixed it. I found a version that ended with php, but that may have been removed. Weird. I changed it to html and it’s working now. Thanks!

]]> By: JanieBelle and Kate http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-18811 JanieBelle and Kate Sat, 12 Aug 2006 19:08:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/09/my-mother-the-alien/#comment-18811 try this one... <a href="http://-www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v11n4_alien_faces.html" rel="nofollow">http://-www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v11n4_alien_faces.html</a> try this one…

http://-www.skeptic.com/the_magazine/featured_articles/v11n4_alien_faces.html

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