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| Personal background |
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I'm a comic book and computer nut from the Seattle area.
I've lived in the rain all my life but I like the stars.
When I was a kid I thought my generation would all get
to be astronauts. I was off by a few generations, I think.
I recall reading lots of books about space and the
colonization that was going to happen "any year now" with
orbital habitats and colonies on Mars... I still dream it
will happen.
If you visit my website you'll see that I'm quite a
fangirl of comic books, but I also like Filk, Star Trek,
Star Wars, Doctor Who, and lots of other Science Fiction
and Fantasy. And I'm also a baseball nut. And happily
married (sorry guys). |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1) Yes, of course extraterrestrial life exists. Whether
it's in any form we will appreciate or understand is the
real question.
As for when we will discover it, I go with the standard
response: Any decade now. I hope it's in my lifetime, but
I don't expect it.
The benefits and dangers are the same as any life
introduced to different life. It's happened in this world
on islands and continents, and I'm sure the results will
be devastating at first. Where we go from there is the
question.
2) We might as well transmit a beacon for others to
find. As for what to send, let's send out the entire
record of baseball stats. It'll keep the aliens guessing
while we prepare to colonize space (insert smileys here).
3) I run SETI@home because I can. I was reminded that I
could in late Dec 2001 by a friendly filker in
rec.music.filk and suddenly realized that my computer could
handle such stress finally. I'm happy to be a part,
however small, of the search. And I'm also proud to add my
results to "Team Filk" and support filkers in a little way
as well. |
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