The Rise of the Boltzmann Brains and Balls of Light

A recent article in New Scientist discussed the possible existence of a weird-type of entity: the Boltzmann Brain. This hypothetical entity is thought to exist in our future universe where the accelerating inflation of space has created near infinite amounts of cold, dark space. Physical matter is getting farther and farther apart as the universe expands. The cosmological constant or vacuum energy—the fundamental repulsive force of matter of empty space—causes this continuous universal expansion. In the distant future, physical matter, including us, would become increasingly rare. In such a universe, would there be any intelligent life? According to cosmologists, such a universe would eventually be filled with any number of non-material intelligences, brains without bodies, called Boltzmann Brains, named after the Austrian scientist who developed our modern idea of entropy and the topic we're discussing here. In fact, if the universe keeps expanding, eventually, in about twenty billion years, Boltzmann Brains will eventually appear and in trillions of years outnumber human or other physical brains in our universe. Non-physical intelligence will be omnipresent and physical brains rare.

What does this have to do with crop circles? Well, I've sometimes wondered whether the balls of light that we see around crop circles are a coming attraction for Boltzmann Brains of the future. Are these plasmas, if that's what the are, an example of non-physical intelligence? It's just speculation on my part, but they do seem to be under intelligence control and have a proclivity for crop formations. Perhaps they indicate an underlying order in the universe; one that transcends matter and connects both the physical and the non-physical universe. Or, are crop formations generating some sort of non-physical energy field that in turn generates these balls of light. Do crop formations create intelligence? The possibilities are endless.

Other new research in the form of computer simulations at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany suggests that spiral patterns can create organized life out of simple dust. These dust spirals look like DNA and have all the properties of life including reproduction and information exchange. From this perspective, some crop formations, to the extent that they organize space in a spiral form, could be seen as the precursors to life.

Glowing, Silver Orb Seen Near Crop Circle

During my most recent trip to the British crop circles last July, I encountered yet another weird story involving a ball of light around a crop formation. This case involves the star-like formation at Chute Causeway that was reported on July 30th. According to some of the farmer's children, they went out the morning after the formation appeared in their fields to take a look. Walking along the edge of the field they saw what they described as a “glowing, silver orb” amongst a gap in the trees and above a wood pile at the far edge of the field, about a quarter-mile away. It appeared to bob up and down for half an hour or so and then vanished. They described it as being very bright and beach-ball sized. Going out to the location a little later, they could find no trace of the orb.
What does it mean? I don't know exactly, but it may indicate that humans are not the only observers of crop circles. Perhaps other non-physical entities also find these field patterns of interest and stop by to take a look from time to time. Another possibility is that the glowing orbs seen near crop formations are in some way part of the energetic constellation of the formation itself. While we tend to focus on the crop pattern, perhaps we should also focus our attention on the pattern's surroundings including the standing crop, landscape, and particular features of the area.