| Personal background |
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I am a USAF veteran and a happily married man with 3 kids. I've recently lost my job as a technical analyst and have returned to school to finish my software development degree.
I am an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and I love answering questions about us.
My oldest is autistic and though it does present a challenge, it also gives us an opportunity to see another side of humanity and his rather unique perspective on life is a wonder.
I am not one who sees UFO's etc, but it would be a horrible waste of space if we were the only ones left, so I like to help SETI in their search.
Currently I work on Cosmology@home, Einstein@home, Eon2, LHC@home, Milkyway@home, pogs, Enigma@home and SETI@home |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I run SETI@home because I think that the universe as too much potential to just have one lone rock floating about in space where we're the only spec of life in the nearly limitless space.
The church does not hold Kolob as a core fundamental, this is noted in the Pearl of Great Price as the planet closest to God. It does not say if anyone lives there or where it is. It does not say if it's closer in terms of location or closer as in values etc. What it does show is an understanding that there were more planets than Earth back before other planets were even discovered!
So, why not help listen for a signal? It doesn't cost me anything to help, and if it works, it can change the world. The project is extremely important, possibly one of the most important that we work on today. I would love to be a part of SETI itself, but SETI@Home will have to do. I am not a UFO fanatic, and it's my belief that SETI rather disproves the UFO phenomenon due to the fact that we'd likely have picked up transmissions from or between the visiting ships of the years and that has not happened. None the less, it's important that we pay attention to our surroundings and thus SETI and SETI@Home is just the tool we need. After all, we transmit signals all the time that reach space, if there is life out there, there is a good chance that they've done just as we have. The question is, when the signal finally reaches us, will we be listening? I'd like to think so.
There's no way to know when the signal will reach us, or even if it will. If a signal does reach us, there's no way of knowing how old the signal is until we get it. In short, we need to be listening and I hope that the signal has not already come and gone before SETI was created... But then again, if they can transmit once, they can do it again.
So, human curiosity compels me to pay attention to what is going on and I am curious as to who our neighbors are, or if we have any. If we do, what do they have to say and are they good or bad neighbors. Let's watch, wait, and learn. |
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