Profile: kwinters

Personal background
I am a high school biology teacher with an interest in Astronomy. I live in Vale, Oregon, which is a very small town located on the north border of the “Oregon Outback” (to quote a National Geographic article). We are located 16 miles from the Idaho border. I have three kids (11,11,9), a wife, a huge dog, and a member of the town city council.

I have a great deal of respect for the SETI mission, and am glad I can help.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
As for life on other planets? I believe that it is a certainty. I cannot magine a universe where our small planet is the only oasis of life. We are not that important on the grand scheme of things. As for intelligent life, I have the same opinion. We will probably discover the evidence of such life by some radio operator in Texas trying to contact a friend in Russia, or by some signal manifesting itself as satellite interference during the new episode of “Temptation Island”.

I think that it the nature of science and humanity to look for ET, and to do so aggressively. However, if we do find him/her/it, we should be prepared for some profound changes in life. Think of the Chinese culture when the European culture arrived, or the Native Americans. Some argue that it was inevitable, and not necessarily bd although there were some major changes that had to be made. We may benefit from technology and wisdom, or we may suffer from greed and
hate.

I think that we definitely be sending a beacon for our SETI counterparts on distant planets to find, but wouldn’t it be interesting if our first words were “Hello, this is God speaking, the following is the one commandment to living in the Universe: Be Kind To Each Other!”.
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