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My name is Stephanie Klatte and I am in my mid twenties. I have a daughter who is, as of 6/18/02, four and a half months old. It is her picture that is attached to my profile.
I find the SETI project to be quite intriguing and I feel that by assisting in the computation of the massive amounts of data, I am somehow exploring the possibilities of the future. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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". . .there are four hundred billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If only one out of a million of those had planets, and just of out of a million of those had life, and just one out of a million of those had intelligent life; there would be literally millions of civilizations out there.
-Well, if there wasn't, it'd be an awful waste of space." Ellie Arroway and Palmer Joss, Contact
". . .The most important thing is that you all keep searching for your own answers. I'll tell you one thing about the Universe though. The Universe is a pretty big place, it's bigger than anything anyone has ever dreamed of before. So if it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space, right?" Ellie Arroway, Contact
I fully believe that extraterrestrial life exists and that someday we will come into contact with it. As for the when and how, I am not certain, but some small part of me wishes that it happen within my lifetime.
Depending on the attitude of the civilization we come into contact with, there could be many benefits to extraterrestrial communication. One of the most obvious benefits would be more advanced technology which could permit us to cure many of the world's modern plagues, such as cancer, AIDS, and genetic diseases. Other benefits could be more advanced scientific and technological concepts. The potential advances other civilizations could bring could be phenomenal. The greatest detriment first contact could bring would be the egotistical belief that we as a species could handle the interaction with new technologies and not destroy ourselves. Most any government which achieves contact with an alien race would first seek weapons advancements in order to put them a step above the rest and in doing so, would be like placing a loaded weapon into the hands of a child. It could cause more harm than good.
As for transmitting a beacon for other species to find, we already unintentionally do such, but I think the idea of a beacon specifically for aliens would be interesting. |
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