I live near what-was Newcastle Brewery - I would walk down to town in the morning and there'd be this part of the factory where steam escaped and there was strong smell of that day's brew. 'Oh, they're making Newcastle Brown this morning'. It's just an empty building site now. I had no doubt that that smell was Newkie in the making - often it was cheap lager. I never drank any - I used to stick to cheap burgundy in those days.

If there really is no explanation for the best crop circles and they are interacting with people in some way, then that is mindbogglingly profound. It's no time for prejudice or agenda. Nobody is perfect and everyone carries habitual baggage - but this guy has a decent angle on this situation ( http://temporarytemples.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/6/12/4219092.html ). My own belief is that there were simple crop circles appearing in prehistoric times and that these influenced the megalithic sites in simple ways. The preponderance of ancient sites in Wiltshire and the concurrence of crop circles and ancient sites helps support this theory. I doubt it could ever be proved!

Similar to your mind in knots / double bluff example: There's an interesting and long documentary on youtube all about the circles/makers. The chap who's made it is a bit weird admittedly (or that's what his other rants seem to suggest). But not half as weird as the people who Believe - the weirdest thing (and new to me) was this idea from some believers - that ok, people make the circles, but they're making them because they're under the influence (subconsciously) of these gaian / extraterrestrial powers. So you can have your cake and eat it that way.

people just want to believe stuff. it must be the way our brains are wired up I guess. Though some people's brains are wired up twistier than others.