Comments on: Have an astronomical Valentine’s Day http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/ 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 08:45:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carnival of the Criminal Minds, No. 10 « Carnival of the Criminal Minds http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70425 Carnival of the Criminal Minds, No. 10 « Carnival of the Criminal Minds Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:04:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70425 [...] matter? The Women of Mystery have started a list. All this - plus some heart-warming images from Bad Astronomy. It’ll make your heart go [...] [...] matter? The Women of Mystery have started a list. All this – plus some heart-warming images from Bad Astronomy. It’ll make your heart go [...]

]]> By: Dancing Monkey Mania » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-15 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70424 Dancing Monkey Mania » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-15 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:31:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70424 [...] Have an astronomical Valentine’s Day (tags: cosmolinks linklog) [...] [...] Have an astronomical Valentine’s Day (tags: cosmolinks linklog) [...]

]]> By: PerryG http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70423 PerryG Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:50:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70423 I never thought I'd see the day that BA would start posting such <em>erotic</em> pictures! I never thought I’d see the day that BA would start posting such erotic pictures!

]]> By: Rich G. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70422 Rich G. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:46:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70422 WOOT! So the two galaxies are colliding... any chance it's the galaxies of the Edorrians an Arisians? I wanna Lens!!! WOOT! So the two galaxies are colliding… any chance it’s the galaxies of the Edorrians an Arisians? I wanna Lens!!!

]]> By: Nog meer astro-ValentijnbijAstroblogs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70421 Nog meer astro-ValentijnbijAstroblogs Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:29:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70421 [...] breedst is de krater 2,3 km groot.  Ook weer een resultaat van de MOC aan boord van de MSG. Bron: Bad Astronomy Blog. [...] [...] breedst is de krater 2,3 km groot.  Ook weer een resultaat van de MOC aan boord van de MSG. Bron: Bad Astronomy Blog. [...]

]]> By: Barton Paul Levenson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70420 Barton Paul Levenson Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:17:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70420 Gary7 posts: [[<i>Seems love must be a powerful(and probably fairly recent) evolutionary construct, ingrained in our genes as a response to some powerful chemicals. </i>]] Except that many cultures have not had any concept of romantic love, but married and reproduced on an economic or cultural basis. In ancient Greece, romantic love was held to be a neurosis, to be cured by having your friends hold you back from interacting with the person in question until you got over it. We sometimes mistake our culture's values for biological universals. Gary7 posts:

[[Seems love must be a powerful(and probably fairly recent) evolutionary construct, ingrained in our genes as a response to some powerful chemicals. ]]

Except that many cultures have not had any concept of romantic love, but married and reproduced on an economic or cultural basis. In ancient Greece, romantic love was held to be a neurosis, to be cured by having your friends hold you back from interacting with the person in question until you got over it.

We sometimes mistake our culture’s values for biological universals.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-70419 Gary Ansorge Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:01:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/13/have-an-astronomical-valentines-day/#comment-70419 Ah, Love, the only known "real" magic in the universe(magic defined as something you can give away, yet still have,,,). Also defined(by the Dead) as something Built to Last. ,,,and as J.C and His swinging 12 noted,"God IS Love". Seems love must be a powerful(and probably fairly recent) evolutionary construct, ingrained in our genes as a response to some powerful chemicals. Hey, whatever works to enhance survival is "good",,,at least, for us. GAry 7 Ah, Love, the only known “real” magic in the universe(magic defined as something you can give away, yet still have,,,).
Also defined(by the Dead) as something Built to Last.

,,,and as J.C and His swinging 12 noted,”God IS Love”.
Seems love must be a powerful(and probably fairly recent) evolutionary construct, ingrained in our genes as a response to some powerful chemicals. Hey, whatever works to enhance survival is “good”,,,at least, for us.

GAry 7

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