Why do people think of me when they see things like this?
Maybe it’s the eyes.
OK, it’s true, I probably would like to have a throbbing pink brain-cephalopod clinging to my head.
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
sylwyn:
February 1st, 2013 at 10:56 am
I hope this isn’t taken the wrong way, but my first thought was that they associated you with the ‘throbbing pink brain-cephalopod.’ Evil, genius, tyrannical mastermind of the skeptical blog-sphere and all that…
EvoMonkey:
February 1st, 2013 at 10:56 am
Added bonus – it would make you taller.
birgerjohansson:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:02 am
Cue for mentioning the novel “Emperor Mollusc versus The Sinister Brain”!
andrewarensburger:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:05 am
That image should be captioned, “My eyes are up here!”
Danny:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:06 am
I think some noble individual needs to take on the monumental task of knitting this for you.
johnhattan:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:07 am
So PZ Myers walks into a bar with a squid on his head. The bartender says “hey, where’d you get that?”. The squid says “I found this one in Minnesota!”.
burgundy:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:13 am
I can’t say I blame them. After all, I immediately thought of PZ when I first saw this.
Martin Wagner:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:13 am
Basil Wolverton! The greatest!
sqlrob:
February 1st, 2013 at 11:48 am
And here I thought it was going to be this
Amphiox:
February 1st, 2013 at 12:27 pm
But is that really a cephalopod?
The brain organization and the appendage tip look decidely vertebrate to me. And the way the main body is propped up is suggestive of an internal skeleton (unless the picture was taken underwater).
There’s no clear delineation of the mantle from the presumptive muscular foot/tentacles, no sign of a radula, and no syphon.
busterggi:
February 1st, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Is that from SpaceHawk by Basil Wolverton?
steve oberski:
February 1st, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Does this ceph-head make me look fat ?
F [nucular nyandrothol]:
February 1st, 2013 at 2:34 pm
Is it trying to unzip dude’s shirt and/or cop a feel?
Hmm. Is that really a human? That thing looks pretty weird as well. (Comic book art.)
kristine:
February 1st, 2013 at 2:36 pm
Please credit artist Basil Wolverton for this.
Comic fan/atheist,
Kristine
ogremeister:
February 1st, 2013 at 2:55 pm
PZ:
I’ll be right over.
Audley Z. Darkheart (liar and scoundrel):
February 1st, 2013 at 3:01 pm
Sorry, thought it was a penis monster at first, not a cephalopod.
I ♥ your style, birger.
oaksterdam:
February 1st, 2013 at 3:56 pm
This is probably a good place forthis
scottlesch:
February 1st, 2013 at 4:34 pm
In America, people tell you “Shit in your hat.” In Soviet Union, hat shits on you!
Sophi Daniels:
February 2nd, 2013 at 3:00 pm
looks like a symbiotic relationship to me.