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I was born in St. Joseph, MO. But I was raised in Baumholder, Germany where my parents still teach at the base high school today. I have recently returned to The University of Arizona after taking a five year hiatus. I am pursuing a Bachelors in Political Science, another Bacherlor's in an IDS (Inter-Disciplinary Sciences) of Philosophy, Sociology and Religious Studies, with a minor in Environmental Sciences. Post-graduation I inted to pursue a law degree in Environmental and International Law. I have 2 dogs, and a cat. I am a bibliophile who owns well over 800 books. (There is not such thing as too much reading.)
And for the record I believe that the current president of the United States is an illiterate clown, better suited for ridicule than for governance. I have a right to complain, I voted for the smart guy. For those who feel that this is unpatriotic allow me to remind them that part of what made this country so great and keeps underpriviliged peoples wanting to come here is the freedom of speech. The freedom to criticize, the freedom to make ones opinion known without fear of retribution. When I criticize the leadership and its foreign or domestic policy I am commiting the greatest patriotic act I can as an American citizen. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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As so many people before me have noted, if there is no other life out there, it's a huge waste of space. I think we'll discover it when we are mature enough to be able to work together as a species, instead of pettily squabbling and murdering each other over what is in the end minutiae. Frankly if we ever grow up I doubt it will be so much a matter of us discovering them as it will be a matter of them deciding that we are finally worth talking to.
I don't necessarily know that sending out a roadmap for an unknown quantity to discover is such a marvelous idea. "Here we are, we're still so primitive that you can divide and conquer us easily, provided you, obviously more advanced than we are, can't just squish us into oblivion." That's not to say that an alien culture wouldn't be friendly, but whose to say they would be?
I originally started running SETI because my dad wanted me to, he's a major science wonk and he's very excited about it. I will admit that while I feel the project has merit, and is an interesting and unique concept, I am not personally overwhelmingly emotionally invested in it. However I would like to add that I get really annoyed when I finish a packet and I can't connect to the server for whatever reason for several days. As is happening right now actually. Tech Support anyone? |
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