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My name is Jeremy Ruck, I am native of Peoria, IL although I live in Canton, IL at this time. I have Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Bradley University located in Peoria. I am employed by D.L. Markley & Associates, Inc. as a Senior Engineer. Our company is a consulting firm specializing in providing services to the broadcast industry.
My hobbies include astronomy, meteorology, and Amateur Radio (I hold the callsign of WM9C).
In addition to my hobbies above, I am a member of the world's oldest and largest fraternity, Freemasonry. I am a past master of Morning Star Lodge #734 AF&AM at Canton, Illinois, and am a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies in the Valley of Peoria, the Mohammed Temple Shrine, the Eureka Chapter #98 RAM at Yates City, Illinois, St. Bernard's Kennel #2 of the YDA at Peoria, Illinois, and the General John Pershing Order of the Swords of Bunker Hill.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I think SETI is actually a very worthwhile project. It is unfortunate that our goverment leaders have chosen not to fund this project with our tax dollars, but have chosen instead to give away money to people who have no desire to work or obtain an education. While we certainly have a ways to go in learning as a species how to deal with one another, especially those who look different than us, I think it is important to broaden our horizons and search for other "residents" of the vast universe within which we live.
I believe that extraterrestrial life does in fact exist. While some people feel that such life goes against many religions, I do not agree. I feel that it is extremely arrogant for us as humans to assume that there is no other life beyond the world in which we live. There is absolutely no mutual exclusivity between extraterrestrial life and religion...to make that assumption limits the omnipotence of God.
I think that the benefits of discovering extraterrestrial life would be the exchange of cultural and technological ideas between societies. The greatest danger of such a mutual discovery would be the conquering of the human race by other beings, or by our arrogance and our attempt to conquer them. I think that as humans, in general, we have also not grown enough to accept such a discovery without some pretty significant social upheavals. While I would certainly welcome such a discovery, I know that many of my peers would have some problems with the existence of other life.
I am not sure about transmitting a beacon for others to find. I think that with all of the communications systems that we use on the earth, it is probably not necessary for us to actually construct a beacon, as we have done a pretty good job of letting the cosmos know that we are here.
I think the project is great and am looking forward to contibuting as much as possible. 73 de WM9C |
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