| Personal background |
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| I'm a 30 year-old technology professional from Northwest Ohio, with experience in system integration, engineering, software development, networking, and general geekiness. I also have trouble controlling my blood pressure, but I think that has more to do with the kids than anything. (You know, they get under your skin, and then there's just no room left for arteries and veins.) I pride myself in absorbing a plethora of skills and information that rarely seems to have any marketable or practical value. One day, I would also like to speak with the aliens who have spent the better part of the past 10 years replacing most of the people I know and love with body doubles, thus my interest in the SETI@home project. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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To discount the possibility of extraterrestrial life goes beyond the realm of narrow-mindedness, bordering on inane.
I believe it is possible that contact has already been made, perhaps in the modern day, or even in the ages of ancient cultures. It is also possible that we may not be aware of an alien when we see one -- we may simply assume that a being is indigenous to Earth.
Though it is not necessarily my belief, even the notion that mankind may have been transplanted on this planet is viable, and may help explain our obsession with reaching out to the stars, as if to "call home."
I would imagine discovery will happen in the same manner as everything else: Someone will trip over their own mess, fall flat on their face, and... Eureka!
I would predict that any encounter with a known alien lifeform would be detrimental on all fronts. Our very nature as conquerers would undermine any relationship, just as it does with current diplomatic scenarios. Scientific information, if exchanged, would eventually be used primarily as a means to create military imbalance or capitalist advantage.
We, as a global race, are not prepared to interact with anyone outside our own planet. If we are being observed, I would assume "they" acknowledge the same. Until the people of Earth can mature to the point that we can all peacefully co-exist without any ulterior motives driving the allusion of tranquility and enlightenment, I believe that to transmit a welcoming beacon of any sort would be akin to inviting one's neighbor over for dinner in the midst of a domestic dispute.
When the time comes to initiate contact, the "universal language" of mathematics should be utilized to its fullest extent. Information regarding our position in the heavens and in our own system would be the most logical.
I have always been inquisitive by nature, wanting to understand the incomprehensible, learn what makes things tick, and search for answers to unasked questions. SETI@home fits my agenda perfectly.
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