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| Personal background |
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| I've 15 (nearly 16 but not for a few months yet) and I'm from the NE in England (I would say UK but that would put me in Scotland). I don't know much about the stars, just what I see from documentaries, books and the X-files. I'm a 'cellist who's working for her Grade6 and it is nowhere near as difficult as GCSE Physics. I also thought that the hacker who sent Bill Gates the viagra was a genius!! Does anyone else think that Bill Gates' company should be broken up? I was on seti a few months ago then I changed my e-mail address and remembering passwords has never been a strong point, so I was on the site in IT today and thought I may as well do my bit for the cause. I always annoy my family on new years eve, because where we go to watch the fireworks, you can see orion as clear as day and I have to admit, it is my favourite constellation. Anyway, I've blabbed on enough, now it's time for the philisophical bit...... |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. I am unsure whether et exists. I mean in a universe the size of ours there is bound to be something out there and I really hope there is. As to whether humans will discover it, I think we have a needle in a haystack siutation. If our universe is so huge, and in comparison we're mere particles, one giant magnet is going to be needed. We as a species aren't as developed as we would like to be, we've only been around a couple of million years. From finding et life we could benefit from whatever developments they will have, however the ETs we come across could be as primive as us. As with everything, there are benefits and there are dangers.
2. If a beacon was transmitting information, how could we be sure that the ETs would understand what we are saying. I mean, for all we know they could have been transmitting for millenia and we haven't had the equipment/ expertise/ intellect to decipher it. Also, what we send up the ETs could hate and we'd end up never meeting them. Imagine we send up are most advanced secrets and before we know it the aliens think we're complete morons and are on their way home. It's a massive chance to take.
3. I run SETI because I've always been interested in the project, I ran it when it was first started and I remember when it was on tomorrows world and only 100 people in the entire world were running it. I think the project is great and it gets everyone involved. |
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