But we came up with the test.

Space, the universe, stars, and the Christmas Star have all been topics of conversation amongst my family this week.

It all eventually boils down to a saying that my Dad and I say to each other often.

"You think there's intelligent life out there?" he asks me.

I reply with a quote from Contact: "It'd be an awful waste of space if there's not."

And then we start talking about this blog post, where I quote Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson: "I wonder if we're smart enough to figure out the universe. We define ourselves as intelligent. But we came up with that test."

I'm glad that I created a blog and captured that instant.

https://kansasmusings.blogspot.com/2014/03/geek-central.html