No, you don’t.Oh yes I do.
Yay for keeping the panto season alive!
Given the vastness of space the chances of alien life existing is, statistically, pretty high.
Sure.
The odds of little green men [false assumption no.1] turning up [false assumption no.2] one day in rural England in the early 90s [false assumption no.3], drawing geometrical shapes in fields when no-one’s looking [hmm, will let this one slide, but you’re wrong], and then sodding off again without actually making anything that we’d recognise [will address below] as “contact,” is comparatively low. Especially when, you know, we actually do know how crop circles are made [false assumption no.4].
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1. Approximately over 80 different species of ETs (or EBEs – extraterrestrial biological entities – as called in military circles) have been recorded as visiting earth. And that’s if it’s ETs doing it. Could be intraterrestrials i.e. entities from within the earth.
2. Some of these ETs are known to live among us. So they might not have to travel far.
3. Crop circles have been recorded long before that.
4. Yes. A few by pranksters, MI5 hoaxsters and drunkards, the rest are likely ET.
The ‘message’ in the crop circle may work on a level above your mind’s conscious thought. They may not even be for you humans at all, they could be a message to other rival ETs. Not everything is about you.
Because let’s think about this for a second. Let’s say for the sake of argument that aliens are visiting us, secretly[5]. This is an advanced civilisation capable of travelling a very, very long way, so can either travel really fast or have very long lives and a lot of patience. Or, I guess, some sort of suspended animation. Let’s say they’re also advanced enough to find us, some pimple of a planet in 3D space in an otherwise unremarkable solar system [6].
5. It’s not a secret. The human race was created by ETs intervening by use of genetic engineering on early hominids.
6. You’re just assuming you know everything there ever will be to know about physics, astrophysics and quantum mechanics. Seeing as there could be civilisations millions of years older than ours, you clearly don’t know as much as them.
So-called rational, logical people like yourself just assume they know everything and are happy to slam the door on the possibility there could be more than you’re aware of. Amazing!
With your logic, the Nazca lines were drawn by drunk ancient Peruvians as a prank to baffle STW readers 😆