In recent years, British farmers have been annoyed by the appearance of apparently mysterious "crop circles" in the middles of their fields. These crop circles are created from plants flattened into a variety of patterns, mostly circular. The origins of these circles was a mystery for quite a long time.
Before the creation of crop circles was exposed as a human-perpetrated hoax, there were quite a few proposed explanations for them. One of these was that the circles were created by evil spirits, for whatever purposes (who knows why an evil spirit would do anything).
Consider this evil spirits proposal. Is this a reasonable scientific hypothesis to explain the origins of these crop circles? Explain your answer in view of what you've learned about the nature and limitations of science. Be as specific as you can.
In recent years, British farmers have been annoyed by the appearance of apparently mysterious "crop circles" in the middles of their fields. These crop circles are created from plants flattened into a variety of patterns, mostly circular. The origins of these circles was a mystery for quite a long time.
Before the creation of crop circles was exposed as a human-perpetrated hoax, there were quite a few proposed explanations for them. One of these was that the circles were created by evil spirits, for whatever purposes (who knows why an evil spirit would do anything).
Consider this evil spirits proposal. Is this a reasonable scientific hypothesis to explain the origins of these crop circles? Explain your answer in view of what you've learned about the nature and limitations of science. Be as specific as you can.
