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I'm in my mid-30's, and I work as a consultant in the I.T. field. My main interests are music, science, philosophy, psychology and spirituality. I'm a fan of Stephen Hawking, and others who work in the field of Cosmology.
I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois (where I've recently taken up residence again), and I've lived in many cities in the continental U.S. I was also lucky enough to live in Honolulu, Hawaii for three years during the 1980's, while I was in the Navy. I've also enjoyed living in Phoenix, Arizona; Houston, Texas; and Knoxville, Tennessee. A five-year career in radio broadcasting had me working and living in a variety of smaller towns in the Southern United States in the early 1990's.
I'm fascinated with the opportunities we have through networking technologies. The SETI@home project is an excellent example of utilizing the Internet as a compound workspace, where hundreds of thousands of unrelated people can volunteer to assist in chipping away at a very large task; to accomplish what would otherwise cost countless dollars and require an impossible amount of time, if it were handled in a centralized environment. Luckily, there are enough private individuals (and corporate sponsors) enthused by the project's purpose to help accomplish what has been done so far.
Believing that the Earth's population is the only intelligent life that currently exists is, in my opinion, both arrogant and small-minded. Our solar system is "out in the Boondocks" in relation to our galaxy. Imagine a small culture in a remote part of the world that had never seen another human outside of their group. They may very well believe that they are the only people on the planet, since they've never seen anything to suggest otherwise.
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Humans have only been around for a relatively short time, and I think that must be others who have been around for much longer than we have. Whether or not we find proof of this within the next hundred (or even the next thousand) years remains to be seen. But, the important concept is this: We have a much better chance of finding proof if we continue to look for it.
As far as how this could affect our life on earth, if discovered, I suggest we look at history. We are still finding evidence of other races that occupied the Earth in the past, and from this evidence we can see how various races influenced each other through contact and co-existence. We have also seen evidence of several mass extinctions here on our own planet, and we can reasonably assume that if we (as a worldly civilization) are to survive, we must take steps to either prepare for or prevent the next set of circumstances which could wipe us out. Every 26 million years or so, the Earth travels through a large belt of debris, which many agree has been the cause of some of these past extinctions. However, our current lifelstyle could possibly be a more immediate threat. But, I digress.
If we DO make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, the hope is that both groups can be diplomatic enough to learn from each other. Better yet, that our first contact is with a race far more advanced and far more civil than we are, so that we may learn much and prosper quickly; perhaps helping us to survive any future threats to our existence, and perhaps allowing us to improve on our current quality of life. There is also a good possibility that another civilization with which we make contact has already been in communication with one or more OTHER extraterrestrial civilizations.
Only time will tell. |
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