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you would immediately conclude intelligence (i.e., purposeful design) behind the pattern and you'd be logically & scientifically correct in your conclusion since there are no naturally-occurring phenomena that generate such patterns
You would not be correct in assuming intelligent interference.
If you came across stone circles like these :
would you automatically assume that the hand of man (or tentacle or alien) was involved?
If you saw regular hexagonal stones like ones show at the bottom of this page:
http://www.raphaelk.co.uk/...0Ireland/Northern%20Ireland.htm
would you infer divine influence or natural formation?