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| Personal background |
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| Hello. My name is Mark, I am 50 years old, and am currently working as a 411 operator for a telephone company in New England. I belong to Team Phoenix Rising. We rock! Music, books, and movies have been a life-long passion of mine. Science fiction has always been one of my favorite mediums. I first got interested in sci-fi when I was about 9 years old with Edgar Rice Burroughs' "John Carter on Mars" series. Since then, I have been hooked. In addition, to have read so many books in this genre, with their imaginative gimmicks and utilities, then to see them become reality has been rewarding (waldos, computers, lasers, genome engineering, nano-robotics, etc.). There is so much more to come, and I await it with enthusiasm. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I am a firm believer in the existence of other life in the universe. How will we discover it? This is a question with many answers. Radio, tight light, space exploration, or they will find us...anything is possible. It is true that the human race has an insatiable thirst to explore and discover. Hopefully, we will be wise enough to manage any discovery of this magnitude. As to whether or not we should transmit a beacon, I say absolutely. Films like "Independence Day" are interesting and entertaining, but in the end, I lean towards the theory that any life out there that is intelligent enough to travel across vast amounts of space, will be intelligent enough to be open to friendly negotiations, rather than being war-like. I run the Seti@home program to do my small part in the search, and for self-edification. I like the idea of being able to help in a project this massive, the idea that I may be a part of history. I have the means to do so, and I am going to use it as long as I can.
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