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| Personal background |
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Hammond, IN (right next to... Gary IndiANa Gary INdiana Gary IndiANA.. you know, the tune from The Music Man!) is where I reside.
Calumet College Alumnus
I enjoy (not in any particular order) science, academic pursuits, reading, COMPUTERS, football, weapons, military stuff, beer, food, and the ubiquitous "many other things". |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Do you think extraterrestrial life exists? If so, when and how will humans discover it?
It is likely.
What are the possible benefits and dangers of such a discovery?
Should humans transmit a beacon for others to find? If so, what information should we send?
We are already transmitting a great deal of information into the universe. Having said that, I think that deliberately trying to attract an advanced intelligence to this planet would be foolish at our current level of development. Even compared to what we can imagine, our current technology is quite weak. The stars? Other planets? We still can't even see other planets, we only extrapolate their existence from observing the orbital irregularities of the stars that we can see. Are we ready to cope with somone (if we're lucky) or something far enough ahead of us technologically speaking to (assuming they follow up with a visit) travel interstellar space? I doubt it.
Why do you run SETI@home? What are your views about the project? Any suggestions? I run SETI@home because I enjoy feeling like I'm contributing in at least some small way towards scientific exploration.
Any suggestions? Actually a question. What would another radio telescope at a different point on the globe do for the research? |
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