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| Personal background |
| Currently residing in South Korea, I originally hailed from Australia, and even lived in Hong Kong for a time. History major, sci-fi buff, music lover, hell, I'm interested in all kinds of things. Now teaching English to hormonally-charged teenagers in the fair smoky smoggy city of Incheon. When I think I ought to be educating myself, I try to read up on the fascinating world of astronomy, and political science. Not easy in both cases, because although I think all the sciences are cool, I fairly suck at maths! And of course I read up on history. On the flipside, I try to be artistic, and enjoy writing and graphic art. But you know how it is - work always keeps you soooo busy from all the things you love to do. But I have a great girlfriend, and there is nothing that'll make me sacrifice time for that! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
And if I've learned anything from my experiences, it's that we're all the basically the same around the world, but we often can't see this because our 'window dressing' is different. And as the endless cycle of war and peace has ensued through the ages, we'll even fight to the death for those differences. Yet the fundamentals within each of us are not different at all. If the human endeavour is to live on far into the future, then I believe it will only come once we go out into space - together. Not just the nations who left flags and golf balls on the Moon, *all* of us.
I believe there's life out there. In a universe so immense that even the smartest of us have trouble imagining it, there's no way we're the only ones here. The mass differences between star systems and many other factors make it totally unsurprising we haven't heard from ET's yet, but the search goes on.
What I love about SETI@home is not just the search for other beings out there. I love the fact that for it to do what it does, it needs all of us from around the globe, to contribute just a little to make it work. That's all it takes to make the world work for us - everyone just contribute a little. The human adventure belongs to us all, and needs us all to take part in it together. SETI@home makes that a reality for us in the here and now, not just for the next generation that we're always supposed to be thinking of. |
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