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| I'm from Western Oregon and enjoy hunting, fishing, horses, boating, camping, photography and computers. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Extraterrestrial life is a facination. No facts to support it, no evidence to rely on. If you can't see it, touch it, smell it..........???? But, how can one look at the skies, see all of those stars, accept the fact the universe is infinite and not have some doubt or question of Earth being the only planet that supports life.
I don't think anyone can put a time line on when the question of extraterrestrial existance will be confirmed, denied or just given up on. Benefits or dangers of such a discovery can only be judged after the fact by history. Any judgements before the fact would only be pure speculation based on ones own point of view. At this particular point in time, I believe the choice is probably not going to be ours anyway. If life exists out there and contact is made, it will most likely be them that makes it at a time of their choosing. I don't think our sending a beacon is going to matter much. We currently shoot off millions of signals every day that certainly don\\'t stop at the ozone layer. If someone or something is looking, eventially they will hear the signals. Perhaps they have their own Seti project!
As to running Seti@home, at least the screen saver is doing something productive. It is a facination as well as the ability to participate in something worth while. We may not find ET, but what about all of the other scientific data that can be obtained from what we are doing? Besides, the computer does all of the work. All I have to do is star gaze and wonder........... |
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