BillD, I missed that (although it may have been on in the US, in which case I wouldn't have seen it anyway). Maybe it coincided with the Santana interview. But there's been plenty enough progs, articles etc about crop circles anyway.

Maybe they didn't claim them all, but then they're only a couple of guys. Sure there's more out there. I love the idea of bog circles - respect for that! :-) Equally there may well be a few made by genuine spacecraft (devil's advocate!) But how do you tell them apart from the genuine ones, given that the so-called "experts" can't recognise a human-made one?

Amos, that's either called a genius or a nutcase (or both), depending on whether his whacked-out idea actually works. Paradigms are what keep everyone from having to develop everything from first principles - it's quicker to rely on someone else's research and use that as a stepping-stone to your next idea ("shoulders of giants" and all that). On the other hand, sometimes it is a good idea to reinvent the wheel - ask Mr. Dunlop! :-) I'd guess the mark of a genius is that he can look at his results and work back through his preconceptions until he finds whatever would solve the problem, however unlikely it may be. That spark is genius, everything after that is merely engineering and fine-tuning.

Grab.