| Personal background |
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I'm over 60, mother of three, former lots of things (like CPA, EMT, Field Medic in the Army, teacher, member of Mensa, journalist with a weekly column, etc etc ad nauseum).
Currently I'm spending much of my time fighting with the Department of Veterans Affairs over service connected disabilities (their funds got cut, so they're saying "NO" even more than before) and saving lives -- I work with dog rescue for Shiba Inu. Currently my 3-room apartment is a bit crowded with 3 dogs -- my own, and two foster furkids... each of which requires a couple of walks per day.
In addition I maintain a website, help others with their websites and basic computer skills, work with some dedicated people in the development of browser and internet software that will run on 'throw away 386 computers' ... we have this crazy dream of using outdated legacy technology "that no one wants" to provide both internet and book-free education. If we're nuts, it's a good kind of nuts. If we're not nuts, kids can learn how to read, medical help can be obtained remotely, farmers can learn how to grow more food ...
SETI makes sense. I always thought that humanity was grossly irresponsible in considering itself the only form of intelligent life the whole wide universe could contain... talk about an over-blown ego! sheeesh Any god who would settle for a single planet in the outbacks of space, and a single semi-intelligent ruling life form, isn't very omniscient or omnipotent.
Oh, did I mention I'm considered blasphemous by many and a witch by a few? It's the spice which makes the meal of life palatable ... a good thing to remember.
l.d. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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See my profile for the logic which says ET has to be out there somewhere.
Do I think we'll ever meet, or communicate with ET? Actually, not darned likely.
Can we learn from the search, even if we don't find anything? Yes ... if nothing else, we can learn humility -- internalize the fact that its a whole great big world and we're less than a tiny spec therein.
Should we transmit a beacon? No. Why should we? By the time anyone hears it, we'll be far beyond where we are today -- or will have managed to finally destroy ourselves and the planet we live on.
I run SETI at home because people dedicated to an effort -- regardless of how stupid or naive others may consider it -- gives that effort reality, validity, a chance at respect. And I believe that if enough "little folk" get together to do a job, even herculean tasks can be performed, and performed well.
Would I like to see a message arrive ... one we might even be able to translate? You betcha! It might not benefit us scientifically or socially or economically, but it would serve as a reminder that even if life is accidental it is a rather miraculous accident. |
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