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As one of the founding members of the Adirondack Contingent alongside Code Warrior, I reside in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York.
I am 51 years old, working in hardware reatil, as well as having worked in the construction industry building and remodeling homes and some of the Great Camps here in the Adirondacks. I enjoy hiking, camping, boating, and other outdoor activities in all seasons here; I also enjoy computer games (including MMOs!), helping friends build and update computers, and gaining information on, and browsing, the Internet.
I have always been fascinated with science, science fiction, space exploration, and astronomy since I was a little kid. Being a member of SETI@Home is a bit of a dream come true: I am now able to assist in space science, both in searching for Extra Terestrial signals as well as providing some of the groundwork and base data for other space science that is drawn from this material. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I have a firm belief that extra terestrial life exists out there somewhere. In plentiful and diverse numbers. Further, I believe that with all that life out there, some of it has evolved intelligence.
I also have firm faith, believing in God, us as His creation, and in His teachings to us in how we should live and interact with Him and each other.
Many people think those two mutually exclusive. I, however, disagree. I find that my feelings of faith and belief in God are increased when I contemplate extraterestrial life.
How conceited and egotistical are we, that we believe we are the only living, intelligent beings He made? And with all the loving creativity required to have created all we see and discover, almost on a daily basis, I for one would not seek to place limits on His creativity.
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I feel that we shouldn't attempt to send signals or a beacon out for others to find until we have solved more of the problems that plague us here on our home planet. Problems such as: lack of affordable energy; rampant hunger and lack of adequate housing world-wide; a lack of firm, sound economies; continuous wars; issues of voilence and crime amongst ourselves; and ruining the environment of the only plabet we have. Until such problems are solved, or at least dealt with in a better way, we would be ill served in using up the resources required to send such a beacon.
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SETI@home, to me, is a dream come true, both in allowing the private, average citizen the ability to contribute to such important science in a meaningful way, and in my own, personal ability to assist in searching for life that I know beyond doubt has to be out there.
Thank you, SETI@home. |
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