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Seeing as how I probably won't be updating this profile anytime soon, I'll just make a few generalizations about myself. I'm a thirty-something male born and bred in Southern California, but I've lived in a few other states, most notably Arizona. I enjoy sports, the outdoors, music and science. Among other things, I play softball and golf regularly and play guitar and keyboards to get my ya-yas out. Fun stuff, huh? At least it keeps me busy and out of trouble.
Right now I'm a mathematician who is working on getting into medical school. The math thing kind of burned me out and medicine really intrigues me. Plus, I'm a people person and would rather have a job where I can interact with a variey of different people instead of sitting in front of a computer all day crunching numbers. I study and review medical literature regulary and am in the process of getting my pre-med out of the way to take the MCAT and thus, get my rear-end into a good med school. I guess if you're reading this I might already be there! YAY! (I can't wait to perform my first bowel disimpaction... yucky!) It's what I want to do with my life and I'm going to try to make the most of it.
Love life? What's that!?!? Yes, I'm single and unattached at the time of writing this, but things can change rather quickly. If I get married, I'll let y'all know :o)
Other than that, I'm a WYSIWYG type of guy who has a wide variety of interests. I'm not quite a "renaissance man" but I guess there are few around that can live up to the Da Vinci-esque sort of ideal. Just working hard and trying to do the right thing is about all I can ask of myself. Life is short, so have fun while doing it! |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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SETI@home is a pretty cool thing, in my opinion. What else is my computer going to when I'm not paying attention to it? ...look for Mersenne primes?(She's a high-maintenance kind of gal. Poor baby...) Anyhoo, (and I'll try not to get too religiously sentimental here) it would be ludicrous for us humans to think that we are alone in this galaxy, let alone the Universe, and I don't think God would create such huge place to have us go hurling aimlessly and alone through the Universe on this big blue marble. The Drake equation might better help to explain this more scientifically even though it's hypothetical.
Will we ever find intelligent life out there? If we're around long enough, sure it's a definite, but we may not find any evidence in our lifetimes. It all depends on how lucky we are. I tell all my friends to join SETI@home just to increase our chances :o)
If and when we find little green men (they could be blue or lavender or teal for all I know), it may be a while before we can actually get to meet them face to face. A light-year is a fairly big distance to cover, let alone several to hundreds of them. Hopefully, when we do make contact, the PTBs (powers that be) will come to an arrangement that is mutally beneficial to all of us. If this happens in my liftime, heck, stick me on the first shuttle out of here for the meet and greet.
Anyway, SETI does have applications beyond just looking for ETs (you might want to ask them what they are since they're better equipped than I to explain them). The fact that we, as a planet, are looking, I feel bodes well for the future of mankind in general. It brings us closer. And hey, if we don't find anything or anyone, at least we can say we tried.
Cheers!!
Coach |
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