| Personal background |
|---|
| I'm from Western NY, the great 'cow field' outside of NYC. I'm 25 years old, and as for occupation. . . well, whatever someone is paying me to do at the time. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
|---|
I feel that it is absolutely necessary for Extraterrestrial life to exist. This doesn't mean I believe that every star is orbited by God-like beings, staunchly ignoring us. What I mean is, it is very geo-centric to entertain the concept that we are the first creatures to evolve technologically. There absolutely must be life of some sort on other planets, in nubulea, or anywhere. These life forms may take any form. We just don't know, because we haven't yet contacted them. But, when we do, I believe our best bet is in radio astronomy, as opposed to direct contact. As to the question when, now that's a funny one. With radio waves travelling at the speed of light, we run into a certain lag time that may be confusing. After all, when we look up in the night sky full of stars, chance and math has it that some of those stars no longer exist. They burnt out long before their light made it here. So, we may be about to pick up a message from outer space along the lines of "Hello, humans. We have found you, and are going to come and give you wonderful treasures of technology just as soon as you respond to this message." But, depending on where it came from, the civilization may have been wiped out, or forced to relocate. However, when and if we do make active contact with ETI, the benefits and dangers are immense. And, perhaps, two sides of the same coin. Benefits: closer human relations, realizing that nations, we aren't Irish, German, white, black, just Earthlings in a larger picture. We could gain technology never dreamt of. We could become part of a larger stellar civilization. Dangers: Closer human relationships, resulting in a loss of self. Technology never dreamt of, without necessary steps of learning before hand. Nuclear weapons were bad enough in '45. Would you like Ghengis Khan to have had one? Learning that we are the ghetto of a larger stellar civilization, crushing our planetary self esteem.
I think this project is wonderful, and I thank SETI for the opportunity be a part of it. |
| Your feedback on this profile |
|---|
| Recommend this profile for User of the Day: |
I like this profile |
| Alert administrators to an offensive profile: |
I do not like this profile |
|
|
