http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/ 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. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:11:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-174945 Windstorm Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:56:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-174945 Whether it's God, a monkey, cat or space alien, it looks evil. Whether it’s God, a monkey, cat or space alien, it looks evil.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41931 Ed LaBonte Sat, 03 May 2008 04:11:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41931 Actually I think it looks more like an anime figure than a monkey. Speedracer doing pushups... Actually I think it looks more like an anime figure than a monkey. Speedracer doing pushups…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41930 Ed LaBonte Sat, 03 May 2008 04:03:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41930 I see God doing pushups. The hard kind where you plant your palms fingertips inward to isolate the triceps. Being all-powerful he can do a lot of them... I see God doing pushups. The hard kind where you plant your palms fingertips inward to isolate the triceps. Being all-powerful he can do a lot of them…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41929 Occam Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:54:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41929 And just what is your problem with God being an evil cloud monkey with deformed hands? Hmmm? Makes as much sense as the other stories about him. And just what is your problem with God being an evil cloud monkey with deformed hands? Hmmm? Makes as much sense as the other stories about him.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41928 KaiYeves Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:54:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41928 Ahh! It looks like that embarasing drawing I made of King Tut with the skeptical look on his face three years ago! I thought I gave that away! Ahh! It looks like that embarasing drawing I made of King Tut with the skeptical look on his face three years ago! I thought I gave that away!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41927 Mike Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:30:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41927 See Yoda do I See Yoda do I

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/comment-page-3/#comment-41925 brian Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:35:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/13/killer-monkey-angel/#comment-41925 ok this might be lenghty but bear with me one day i saw a cloud that looked like a three horned cameleon that had horns the cool eye legs etc etc just perfect and i couldnt shake the image for days It led me to a unique understanding of chaos theory if it is possible to see such unlikely images such as homer simpson mikey mouse or your aunt mildred its just because there is a pattern we recocgnise as something in our expeirience now for the un part if you take all the clouds over earth at any given time [add big # here]times number of viewing angles[add super huger goggle sized # here] you can see almost any kind of pattern OKAY this is where it gets thick you may not know the pattern because its outside your experience it would be great hubris to think that all the patterns are just about our miniscoule earth so the next time you are laying around looking at clouds and you see something that almost looks familiar you might be looking at a pattern that matches a extraterrestrial life form i nknow it sounds wacky but if you ponder it for awhile you will see it makes a sick and wacky sense and you will NEVER be able to look at the sky the same way mwa ha ha ha ok this might be lenghty but bear with me one day i saw a cloud that looked like a three horned cameleon that had horns the cool eye legs etc etc just perfect and i couldnt shake the image for days It led me to a unique understanding of chaos theory if it is possible to see such unlikely images such as homer simpson mikey mouse or your aunt mildred its just because there is a pattern we recocgnise as something in our expeirience now for the un part if you take all the clouds over earth at any given time [add big # here]times number of viewing angles[add super huger goggle sized # here] you can see almost any kind of pattern OKAY this is where it gets thick you may not know the pattern because its outside your experience it would be great hubris to think that all the patterns are just about our miniscoule earth so the next time you are laying around looking at clouds and you see something that almost looks familiar you might be looking at a pattern that matches a extraterrestrial life form i nknow it sounds wacky but if you ponder it for awhile you will see it makes a sick and wacky sense and you will NEVER be able to look at the sky the same way mwa ha ha ha

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