Occupation: Petroleum Engineer/Workover working a 28/28 rotation in Africa
Late books read: Off Magazine street by Capp. Will in the World. The Bottomless Well by Peter Huber. 1776. Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. State of Fear by Michael Crichton. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. Sometimes a Great Notion. An Unfinished Life by Mark Spragg. Bob Dylan Chronicles vol 1. The Pentagon's New Map. The Only Investment Guide You'll ever Need by Andrew Tobias. The Age of the Spiritual Machine & The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil. Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.
Licensed private pilot single engine land.
Drake equation, very conservatively interpreted yields 1.25 intelligent civilizations in this universe. We could be alone. But I think we must continue to try to find others in any case.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I run SETI at home because I believe that mankind and fellow earth dwellers are not the only living creatures in the cosmos. Finding others alive in the vastness of space time would be an inflection point in the ascent of man.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.