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| Greetings from Nashville! I'm fifty-something years young (an old hippie) working as an Engineer in the wireless world. I've been working in telecommunications for the last 25 years, from the old Bell system to today's handheld gadget world. It's been an amazing adventure to watch technology grow so rapidly in so short a time. My hobbies include collecting rocks and minerals from around the World and staring thru my telescope at the wonders of the sky. I play (badly) 12-string guitar, but I have no aspirations to bust into the country music scene. I live 25 miles from Nashville, on a small plot of land teeming with turkey, whitetail deer, rabbits, chipmunks, and other widlife. It's my escape from the daily rut of work. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Of course there's "other' life out there! That's not the question! The questions are; Where are they? How advanced are they? When (not if) we find an intelligent signal, will we be able to decipher it? Should we respond?
The whole issue is really a philosopical one. When we detect distant communications, we need to learn as much as possible about them BEFORE we transmit a message in their direction. It only makes good sense to know something about your future dinner guest. Besides, even if we can chat across the Universe, that doesn't mean they have the ability to get here. Let's just hope the World can lay aside their politics long enough to welcome visitors from faraway places.
In the last 50 years, I have seen so much technological progress it's hard to imagine what wonders will be found in the next 50 years. I really hope we do make contact in my lifetime and thru that contact, we overcome the limitations of space and space travel. If they want passengers....send me! I'll play a little Carlos Santana for them. |
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