Spiral Light Show over Norway

[Monica]

It was amazing to see the depth of fear. Their headlines gave these messages: Be afraid of the violent government that oppresses you; after all, you're a victim. Be angry about popular online services that violate your privacy rights; after all, you're a victim. Be terrified and hopeless about the evil elites destroying the middle class: after all, you're a helpless victim. Be terrified of those who misuse science for their evil policies that make you a victim. By the way, there was a spiral in the sky in Norway, just a bad rocket from those evil government, don't waste more time here when there's a need to feel scared about how economics and mass media make you a victim.

Wow, that is so true!!! That's exactly how a mindset of fear interprets the world! That's so wild that people are so willing to give their power over to other humans (or aliens in human bodies or whatever). I mean, look at this logically: We have stunning geometric designs in our fields, we see a stunning display in the sky, and they'd rather believe evil humans did it? Which is more logical: benevolent, advanced aliens or humans who tend to fumble?

Taken at face value, the crop circles and this spiral are awe-inspiring, not fear-inducing. Why take something so beautiful and turn it into something negative and fearful?

I showed these better videos to my son (who said the pix were photoshopped) and he scrutinized them and gave them his stamp of approval - no photoshopping on the videos!! (A moment of triumph for Mom, ha!) He is an objectivist-agnostic and a Carl Sagan fan...he thinks some alien teenagers were out for a joy ride and probably got into trouble for scaring the humans.