
Nautilus pompilius
Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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Another meme of the religious meme complex is called faith. It means blind trust, in the absence of evidence, even in the teeth of evidence. The story of Doubting Thomas is told, not so that we shall admire Thomas, but so that we can admire the other apostles in comparison. Thomas demanded evidence. Nothing is more lethal for certain kinds of meme than a tendency to look for evidence. The other apostles, whose faith was so strong that they did not need evidence, are held up to us as worthy of imitation. The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
[Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene"]
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Category: Cephalopods • Organisms
Posted on: September 15, 2006 7:41 AM, by PZ Myers
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Comments
Posted by: Stanton | September 15, 2006 7:44 AM
It's about time you featured this magnificent bugger...
So when are you going to feature the other 10 species?
Posted by: Paguroidea | September 15, 2006 8:58 AM
How cute!
Posted by: boojieboy | September 15, 2006 9:34 AM
Has anyone answered the question of how similar current nautiloids are to the ancient nautiloids? Would it be wrong to consider this thing a living fossil?
Posted by: G. Tingey | September 15, 2006 10:19 AM
AND a photo showing all of the Nautilus, please?
As well as all the other remainig nautiloids....
Posted by: Jewbacchus | September 15, 2006 11:01 AM
So. I was using this as an icon, and someone assumed I read your blog, so then I read your blog.
And now I read your blog, and I thought you might appreciate the cephalopod art. The cephalopod invader one is kinda fun too.
Anyway, thanks for being vocal clever and spreading scientific love throughout the land.
Posted by: dcb | September 15, 2006 12:10 PM
A good friend made me one of these:
http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/PATTnautie.html
Posted by: Bob O'H | September 15, 2006 1:29 PM
Wot, no mention of today's Lio? It even has two eyes!
Bob
Posted by: k8 | September 15, 2006 2:21 PM
just saw this on the preshrunk t-shirt blog (posted yesterday, so not quite another friday cephalopod) -- fits nicely with the "looking at you": http://preshrunk.info/2006/09/octopus-ink.php
and a $6 t-shirt! can't really go wrong...
Posted by: Keanus | September 15, 2006 9:55 PM
What no comment on the Lio strip today? Lio is seen letting his cephalopod play in a park pool in violation of the leash law. And, today, that cephalopod has binocular vision!