| Personal background |
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| I'm a 20 year old college student at the time of writing this profile. I'm studying computer science. I enjoy playing frisbee, biking occasionally, snowboarding, playing the guitar (as well as listening to and attemption to write music), and playing video games. I'm currently searching for my heart, in a sense of the word. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1-I don't think we really have any idea of whether intelligent extraterrestrial life exists. We have a lot of knowledge about the universe in one sense, but in the greater scheme of things it is really not that much. The mysteries of the universe are still pretty far beyond us. I think if humans discover it, it will either be them seeking to us, or us just happening to come across them almost accidentally. I think there is the potention for such occurance to be an amazing learning experience. On the other hand I'm worried there will be people who will look for a way to exploit and extraterrestrial civilizations. I'm not so worried about extraterrestrials exploiting us- at least the blood won't be on our hands, then. Although it would probably still suck.
2-I don't think we humans would really have any idea how to deal with an extraterrestrial civilization if we came across one, so although i doubt such "beacons" would be effective anyway, I don't know if it would be a good idea or not.
3-I run seti@home because everyone else was doing it. And because I have all this computing power going to waste when i'm not using my computer. I like the graphics of the program, and there's a sense of accomplishment when you finish a set of data. I have my doubts that the project will be successful anytime soon (with my lifetime, or my children's lifetime), but who knows, and if it is, it could be very interesting. |
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