Well, there are always exceptions, and you would certainly be an excellent exception! And I WAS making something of a generalised statement! It might also be because I am becoming a GOM (Grumpy Old Man....) .... "youngsters! Bah, humbug!"

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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not Eureka! (I found it!) but rather, 'hmm.... that's funny...'
- Isaac Asimov

Are we alone in the Universe? Are we the only intelligent life? Who knows? But the universe is so BIG, it somehow seems such a waste of space if we are ....