| Personal background |
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| I am writer, programmer, and hopefully soon-to-be screenwriter from Detroit, Michigan, that currently has a little too much free time. I have an extensive interest in just about everything related to science, but in particular physics, astronomy, and astrophysics. If I had it in my power, I would definitely like to get off this mudball we call Earth and see a few of the universe's other exotic sites. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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From a scientific view point, yes I think extraterrestrial life exists. Strictly speaking on statistics, there are far too many galaxies, and far too many stars for there not to be other planets out there with life. Earth could not possibly be the only place in the universe with life on it. Whether or not we will discover those other life forms might be another story, but I believe that we will eventually be in contact with extraterrestrial beings.
From a religious view point, yes I think extraterrestrial life exists. Before God created man, He had already created other beings that we call angels. Is it not possible that these angels were God's other children on another world? If there is truth to this, then God is watching over us, and will put us in contact with his other servants (the angels and possibly others) when the time is right.
As for benefits and dangers... Well, the benefits would be that we could potentially learn our place in this universe and existence. I would hate to find that we were some cosmic fluke and that we really shouldn't exist. I feel the greatest possible danger is one that we face even without extraterrestrial influence: extinction. Be it from a meteor, alien invasion, or just ourselves blowing up the planet, it would be horrific if this species ceased to exist.
I think it would be idealistic to transmit a beacon, but I doubt that anything we could build would stand the test of time long enough to be useful for other intelligent life to locate and find us. For example, by the time a signal is discovered by another species capable of interpreting it, Earth and the Sol solar system likely would no longer be where our signal said it was. Or, for instance, maintaining a beacon of this sort would cost a considerable amount of money and be fairly controversial.
I run SETI@home in the slim and unlikely hope that we might actually find other intelligent life. |
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