| Personal background |
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| I'm a student at St. Francis Xavier University in my third year as a history major with a minor in sociology in the Bachelor of Arts program. I've also been the cartoonist for my university's newspaper for the past two years. And I'm single ladies, rrowr. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1) a. I think that it would be rather close-minded to believe that life exists only on this planet. We have evidence that bacteria has been carried on meteorites, so they had to come from somewhere. We say that life can only exist with air and water and as close to the sun as we are, but what do we have to compare it to? We're only now exploring other planets closely.
b. Will humans ever discover extraterrestrial life? Perhaps. Perhaps they will discover us? I don't really believe in UFOs and alien conspiracies, but that doesn't necessarally mean that there aren't some sort of aquatic life a few billion light years away from here.
c. Possible dangers? Well disease would be the most probably one I would suppose. With exploration comes the introduction of new diseases. We may inedvertantly cause a massive plague... or be the subject of one.
2) a. I don't think the world is ready for a signal to be sent. We can listen to signals and argue over them, and no riots occur. But what if we send a signal, and someone replies? Could we as a society deal with such a blow to our beliefs?
b. Definatally some sort of basic language, probably through math or binary. There is no sense in sending anything unless they can understand it.
3) a. I run SETI@home because I think that it is an interesting project, and I like the look of the screensaver itself. It makes my computer look like it's used for something more than mp3s, anime and the occasional essay.
b. I think the project is well organized and something to be proud of. People from around the world come together to cooperate and listen to the skies, there are few other causes out there that aren't competative.
c. Any suggestions? Hmm... see about more government funding I suppose. Maybe send information to schools and universities, so that they can install SETI@home on the computers in their labs. |
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