Crop Circle Odyssey Topic for Critical Thinking

Based on the evidence and arguments readily available to you right now, what proportion of crop circles are hoaxes?

A "cereologist" is a person who thinks that at least some crop circles are not human made hoaxes. (Their opponents call them "croppies".)
Following this usage, I'm going to use the word "ceralism" to denote the doctrine that at least some crop circles are not human made hoaxes.

Please use critical thinking whe you read these websites.
Don't take anyone as an authority unless you have good reason to do so.
Remember that people distort information and make things up.

Whatever you do, you must deal with the main argument against cerealism.

The actual argument against "cerealism" is that all the independently observed, actually occurring evidence can be easily explained by assuming all the circles were made by variously organized, clever hoaxers. The circles that are actually seen are all patterns that can be made by humans, albeit with varying degrees of difficulty. The other claims, as of eye-witnesses seeing strange lights, circles suddenly appearing, humanly-impossible bends in stalks, magnetite, meteorite dust, radiation and so on are all simply made up by various self-styled "cereologists"

A good place to go next is The UnMuseum

Hers's some links

Cerealist Sites Mystical Blaze CropCircles.net The Puzzle Science Mysteries Janet Ossebaard Crop Circle Research Swirled News Facts Facts and Theories Patrick Cooke   Beata Van Berkom Ed Sherwood

Cerealist Sites BLT Research About.com Bede Moore (ABC) Bob Brown (ABC) Chilbolton Code Andy Morgan Seeing A Circle Form Nancy Talbot Eyewitness In Holland Kerry Blower Eyewitness Report MI5 Involvement

References To "Science" and "Scientific Studies" (They're called "science", that doesn't necessarily mean they actually are science.) Scientific Studies "Confirm Crop Circles Are Made By Balls Of Light Dispersion Of Energies In Worldwide Crop Formations Semi-Molten Meteoric Iron Associated with a Crop Formation Anatomical anomalies in crop formation plants Crop Circles baffle Scientists MIT Students Fail To Replicate Crop Circle Rebuttal to National Geographic Consultants for BLT Research Origin of crop circles baffles scientists

Opposing Sites The UnMuseum Circlemakers Peter Sorensen AgCenter researchers Freddy Silva vs Team Satan Silva attacks Team Satan (AKA: "Circlemakers") (Alternative link) Team Satan Strikes Back,

Follow up questions
circlenatural
circlepilot
circleanomaly
circleburden
circlecomplexity

Your odyssey should include a detailed asessment of the logic used on each side of the argument.

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