Comments on: Mapeidolia

By: Sili

Sili — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:53:54 +0000

Did someone say "starship"? Be sure to check out the next three strips as well.

By: alfaniner

alfaniner — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:36:23 +0000

If you take two well-placed bites out of a hamburger, you can make it look like a Cardassian starship.

By: b

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:06:14 +0000

I emailed that to you like 2 weeks ago, I guess you don’t check your mail.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:32:20 +0000

Ben, you might want to read http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/07/15/politics-science-me-and-thee/

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:25:37 +0000

Is that garlic naan? There is no such thing as leftover naan. Mmmmm….

Ben, a theist can realize that the brain is wired for discerning familiar shapes in random occurrences. This really has nothing to do with whether or not you believe there is a god.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:19:18 +0000

Larian

You have a point. I haven’t been reading this for very long, I guess that’s why it’s a little annoying to see posts like this. Being a new reader or not, I’d imagine one expects astronomy from an astronomy.

By: J. D. Mack

J. D. Mack — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:58:03 +0000

When I was an elementary school age kid, I and a friend would break up the ice on frozen puddles and look for states in the resulting debris.

By: ColinB

ColinB — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:13:28 +0000

This reminds me of an old NZ comedy series (Funny Business for all you Kiwis there) where they were doing a fake advert for “PUD Pads” (Post Urinal Drip) for guys.

“That’s right – no more maps of Australia on your undies!!!”

Colin

By: Larian LeQuella

Larian LeQuella — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:08:43 +0000

@Ben… How long have you ben following Dr. Plait? He even has an entry about his “non-astronomy” related posts. I suggest you read it…

By: Maugrim

Maugrim — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:06:46 +0000

Ben,

It’s always been a blog for debunking crap, and it branched out into all kinds of crap (as opposed to just astronomy-related crap) very early on. Pareidolia is a particular interest of Phil’s. I don’t find these posts all that interesting myself, but there’s plenty of astronomy posts to read along with, so you don’t see me complaining

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:13:16 +0000

Hmm, so I guess this isn’t an astronomy blog anymore? Seriously, enough with the religious stuff. We get it, your an atheist. Lot’s of people are, lots of people aren’t, no one cares(at least they shouldn’t). We come here for astronomy so please give us that.

Anyone agree? Or am I just crazy to expect astronomy from a blog called “Bad ASTRONOMY”.

By: Joe Meils

Joe Meils — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:24:50 +0000

Just makes me wonder… how many times have we looked at clouds, or pizzas, or potato chips, or the pattern of feces in out cat’s litterbox… and been looking at something that looks EXACTLY LIKE an alien from another star system… except we don’t have a frame of reference for comparison?

Yeah, deep, I know…

(Later at the party, I’ll enthrall you with my ideas about how the universe is actually a molecule in someone else’s coffee table.)

By: Derek Colanduno

Derek Colanduno — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:23:42 +0000

Sadly I have NEVER been able to really, or quickly, see odd crap in clouds, wood, bread, etc… I can’t even see those old 3-D images that were really popular back in the 90′s. My wife has to point out where most of these ‘faces’ are to me, otherwise I just see what it really is. I guess I am ‘broken’ that way, but I find it nice that my brain isn’t trying to trick me due to some outdated evolutionary left-over.

By: Tig

Tig — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:11:48 +0000

Why did I see a sleeping, sprawled out polar bear?

By: NoAstronomer

NoAstronomer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:58:37 +0000

meh, Photoshop.

By: Michael L

Michael L — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:53:32 +0000

Looks like Jaws to me

By: The Science Pundit

The Science Pundit — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:40:42 +0000

There's always the Illinois cornflake. It's not as impressive as the Australia puddle, but that puddle will never fetch $1,350.00 on eBay.

By: Tom Woolf

Tom Woolf — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:33 +0000

Warning – risque joke below….

Reminds me of a B. Kliban cartoon, showing a drawing of both sides of the Atlantic. A speech balloon was coming from the Northeast US, stating “Hey Europe! Eat my Florida!”

By: Tomas

Tomas — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:13:59 +0000

i think this looks more like a shark’s head rather then the US…

By: Naked Bunny with a Whip

Naked Bunny with a Whip — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:12:33 +0000

The US is a discarded and forgotten leftover. It’s so…poetic.

By: Rob P.

Rob P. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:09:29 +0000

My kids like to play “what state is this?” with graham crackers as they eat. We get an awful lot of Wyomings and Colorados, but there are plenty of Virginias, New Hampshires (or Vermonts, depending which end is up) and Nevadas.