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| Just another ET trying to phone home. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I run SETI@home because this project could benefit humanity in ways unrealized by the Earth's populace. I'm an atheist who believes in the scientific method. Of the few things that I do have faith in, one is the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial life, and by extension, extraterrestrial intelligence. I hope that if proof is found of extraterrestrial intelligence in my lifetime, that it will have a dramatic and transformative effect on the way people think about their existence and their place in the universe.
The advent of the internet has sent the SETI project in an interesting direction. I don't want to date myself precisely, but I'm older than 1/3 of 100 years. I heard about the SETI project first when I was 9 years old. I talk to younger people these days who have never even heard of the project. However, I see that it has gained in strength since I was a child; regardless of difficulties with funding and xenophobic hype. SETI@home actually gives me hope in the ideology of free information, and people of common interest working together (no matter how many miles may separate them).
The BOINC client should have additional screensaver control options, specifically in a place nearby to where I access my computing preferences. |
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