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| My name is Jason Stagner. My friends here call me Fizzy. I'm 27 years old and am working towards a degree in Chemical Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. I was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio (or so I'm told). I also work full time for the local Super Target on the overnight crew. Needless to say, I would really love to find proof that there is intelligent life in the universe; especially when you look around at some of the "intelligence" that we humans exhibit. By the way, if ET really is listening in on this, humans are a rare breed. We tend to behave in vastly varied ways, and are quite contrary for there are many exceptions to every rule or classification one might try to place upon us. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I believe that ET is out there. For one thing, the odds are extremely good for intelligent life to have arisen somewhere other than Earth. Another one being that I can't believe that ours is the only intelligence in the universe! Seems to be a waste of a lot of space if ours is the only one.
Of course we should transmit a beacon or signal! How can we expect other intelligent life to do something which we ourselves would not? If a signal were to be sent, the information contained therein should be broad minded and brief. We wouldn't want to be overly complicated now would we? Simply put, a brief discription of our appearance, population, and (of course) our location in the universe relative to several referance points.
Personally, I run SETI@home for a couple of reasons. One, I'm not using my computer while I'm at work or in class, so I'm putting it to good use. Two, SETI is woefully underfunded considering the importance of the research and the potential outcomes of first contact. Therefore, even though I may not be able to aid in the funding (as I am a "poor college student"), I can help by loaning computer time for data analysis. I believe that SETI@home is a wonderful idea to help cut costs and to speed the progress of the project. I've told all of my friends and co-workers about the project and have tried to convince every one of them to start using the SETI@home screen saver. I don't have any realistic suggestions that would help SETI@home as of yet, but I do have some ideas which might be incorporated should the funding become available. For example, why not set up a listening post on the dark (or far) side of the moon? There would be far fewer, if any, signals from home to worry about (cell phone, satelite, etc.)
From there, we should expand the network to other moons within the solar system. The funding isn't available now, but in the future, a broad network similar to this would allow for a greater range of space to be scanned and would greatly increase the odds in our favor. |
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