Profile: Donald Chase

Personal background
I am a 55 year old Electronics Technician/Mechanical Design Draftsman. I am an amature computer programmer and enjoy raising my 6 parrots. The one in picture with me is my Umbrella Cockatoo "Angel". I enjoy reading and watching good Scifi. I especially enjoyed the movie "Contact".
I have long been interested in Scince, Physics, and Space. I am not a believer in Darwin or the Theory of Evolution as I don't believe these to be valid science. The reason that I am interested in SETI is because I believe there is plenty of Archeological and documentary evidence to show that we may have been visited in the past by intellegent beings.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
SETI is on the right track, but the powers that be need to expand thier horizons in the search for intellegent life. I suspect that we will find that intellent life does exist beyond our planet and that they are not all that different from us. SETI is, I believe, a good way to try and make contact with these beings. I do think that SETI is limiting itself in just looking to the stars and limiting the frequencies being scanned. I also think that looking at other methods of communication is a good idea. The possibilities are endless. It's a shame that the US government doesn't share this vision, because the search would go much faster if the funds were available.
Sending a signal may not be necessary as we have been broadcasting to the stars for at least the last 60 years, but I don't see anything wrong with sending directed beacons into space also.
I run SETI@home because I am interested in doing my part in the search of intellegent life beyond our planet. I also enjoy watching the SETI@home screen saver and wonder about the signals being analyzed.
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