You're using the god argument, Sprout. Others cannot explain every single instance in detail, therefore it must be god/aliens/ancient civilizations/lizardmen.
I agree with your notion of using critical thinking to discern the truth about reality, however there are some truths that do not operate in that domain.
All I have claimed are that there are unexplained phenomenon.
Some of the ‘evidence’ that debunkers use is as flimsy as ‘true believers’ put forth - each polar group using their respective belief systems as a shared vocabulary in their search for meaning. Those belief systems influence how something is perceived.
Fascinating crop circles and math you say? Humans could understand it, therefore humans could've created it, it's just that simple. Why do you assume idiots created the crop circles in the first place?
With this line of thinking, then since we understand planetary motion or DNA, somehow we also created them?
Like others, I'm not really questioning intelligent life on other planets, it's quite likely there is something out there. The story about them leaving some patterns in crops is silly though and a critical mind would never accept it. It's nice to trip out on some science fiction stories but they rarely have anything to do with reality.
Yes, the fundamental difference is the belief that there is such a thing as ‘out there.’
Reality has multiple dimensions and is influenced by our cognitive states. It also a concept that has been mutable and amended through time.
How much actual atomic mass does the earth contain? Is it truly solid or more empty space?
My personal cosmology is that advanced intelligence is not ‘out there.’ That concept is a dualistic interpretation of the universe.
Anyone whom have accessed peak states, flow and unity consciousness realizes the ‘hard lines of definition’ are of our own making. Imho, consciousness is more of a stream in constant motion and not a definite static ‘thing.’
As for hauntings, aliens, crop circles, artifacts out-of-place, whatever,.. sure they can all be explained away as hoaxes. But to make a blanket statement without further exploration could be also described as a delusion itself.
If any human is behind them, it could be these guys:
