Why do you run SETI@home?
I think it's an interesting project and I wanted to be a part of it.
aThoughts about ETI
I actually really don't know if there are ET's or if we will ever contact them. My personal feeling is that life is actually probably very rare in the universe. But hey, there's only one way to find out - right?a
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