Comments on: That’s gotta sting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/ 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 08:22:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom T http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-199110 Tom T Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:38:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-199110 I think the significant message that can be derived from this wasps nest story is that one can find examples of the buddha in any element in life. By doing so -relating the buddha with any element in life- perhaps we can also remember to act more often with compassion and wisdom and the 6 perfections. I think the significant message that can be derived from this wasps nest story is that one can find examples of the buddha in any element in life. By doing so -relating the buddha with any element in life- perhaps we can also remember to act more often with compassion and wisdom and the 6 perfections.

]]> By: Brian Stamps http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-139040 Brian Stamps Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:09:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-139040 .... I see a wasp nest compound that should be taken down immediately cause wasps suck, hiding in your shoes and what not! …. I see a wasp nest compound that should be taken down immediately cause wasps suck, hiding in your shoes and what not!

]]> By: Pining for Mars | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-137805 Pining for Mars | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:26:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-137805 [...] ones. It looks like a petrified log, but then we know that many things look like other things. Wasp nests look like Buddha (or the StayPuft Marshmallow Man), and rocks look like Bigfoot (which is like a case of [...] [...] ones. It looks like a petrified log, but then we know that many things look like other things. Wasp nests look like Buddha (or the StayPuft Marshmallow Man), and rocks look like Bigfoot (which is like a case of [...]

]]> By: Old Muley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-134446 Old Muley Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:39:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-134446 I see Roger Corman... http://www.impawards.com/1960/posters/wasp_woman.jpg I see Roger Corman…

http://www.impawards.com/1960/posters/wasp_woman.jpg

]]> By: Spiv http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-134436 Spiv Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:56:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-134436 alright, so I'm a buddhist. I guess I can see it, kind of chubby human form sitting with legs crossed and possibly making a hand gesture (there's a long tradition in art history for what gestures mean what too, but I won't bother to even look them up to try and interpret. Why? Because it's still silly. ) It's cute, but not something to worship or try and gain wisdom from. Unfortunately buddhism is all honked up like every other religion out there, and some people just seem to have to have something to treat as a diety, and interject mysticism and blind lunacy even into a philosophy that specifically says "look, this stuff is just ideas from a smart guy, much of it seems to be good advice." alright, so I’m a buddhist. I guess I can see it, kind of chubby human form sitting with legs crossed and possibly making a hand gesture (there’s a long tradition in art history for what gestures mean what too, but I won’t bother to even look them up to try and interpret. Why? Because it’s still silly. )

It’s cute, but not something to worship or try and gain wisdom from. Unfortunately buddhism is all honked up like every other religion out there, and some people just seem to have to have something to treat as a diety, and interject mysticism and blind lunacy even into a philosophy that specifically says “look, this stuff is just ideas from a smart guy, much of it seems to be good advice.”

]]> By: Wayne Robinson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-134326 Wayne Robinson Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:01:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-134326 Naw... it's actually a dead ringer of Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars. Naw… it’s actually a dead ringer of Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars.

]]> By: amphiox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/comment-page-1/#comment-134274 amphiox Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:37:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/13/thats-gotta-sting/#comment-134274 Those guys making the allusions confusing wasps and bees must not have watched that National Geographic special on the Japanese Giant Hornet. Granted, the social wasps don't lay their eggs in caterpillars, either (at least not the ones I know about). Those guys making the allusions confusing wasps and bees must not have watched that National Geographic special on the Japanese Giant Hornet.

Granted, the social wasps don’t lay their eggs in caterpillars, either (at least not the ones I know about).

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