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| Personal background |
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I don't feel like doing this in paragraph format right now, so for now you'll get a list. If you don't like it, skip to the next profile.
Where I'm from:Right now, Toronto, ON, Canada, previously, Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal (all in Cananda); Medellin, Columbia; Managua, Nicaragua; Variloche, Argentina; Santiago, Chile
Age:28
Occupation:Full Time (and possibly permanent) student
Hobbies:Reading, Writing, Wasting time online, Soccer, Going to the gym, Girls
Anything Else:I'll come back and redo this, so I'll fill in other stuff later.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Do I think ET life exists? Absolutely. The concept of it not existing is too absurd to really entertain. Humans will probably have to wait until we go out and find it however, because there is a HUGE difference between it existing and it adopting any of the paradigms needed to broadcast radio signals, not just the concept, but the technology, and interest. (Not to speak of the resources necessary. An aquatic race with no metalic resources might develop incredible technology but never discover radio waves.) One of mankinds humbling moments may come when we contact alien life, and they don't care a lick that we exist and have NO desire to learn from us. Not saying it WILL happen, just that it is as likely as the alternative.
As for the dangers of discoving alien life. Alien life is one of the ultimate unknowns, all unknowns are potentially dangerous. However, the vast majority of the time, learning something (anything) is advantageous. Which is why we should look. Even the discovery of non sapient ET life will drive the point home to some people that "there is more in heaven and earth, than dreamed of in your philosophy". Any event that causes a collective openning or expansion of minds is fundamentally a good thing, even if no other benefit comes from the knowledge.
Discovering an alien radio signal however... Finding an ET that is trying to find us, or wants to be found, that is another matter. Sapient life that is interested in openning a dialogue, even a stilted interstellar one will change humanity for the better. How much of a change is debatable, but it will change us. (Collectively, we could use a little humility.)
As for broadcasting signals. Seems a little silly to look for them without broadcasting them too. If all sapients listen, and none speak up, we'll all sit here in the dark forever. Even if the aliens that discover our signal, find it millions of years after we're gone, we'll have given them the same benefits that finding one would give us.
Why do I run Seti@Home? S |
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