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One can conceivably call me a technocratic elitist. My views closely resembles that of Prokhor Zakharov (of Alpha Centauri fame). I advocate technological progress and am intensely opposed to the forces that would hold humanity back from its destiny among the stars. Whatever the costs of space exploration might be, humanity must take its rightful place. Those who would block the future (religious fanatics, Luddites, right-wing reactionaries, and closed-minded "realists") should be expelled from the human race for their lack of vision. Space and its resources should be exploited to solve Earth's problems, which would only be exacerbated by today's social-problems-first, space-later policies. To our destiny!
"Science has done more for the development of Western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred."
- John Burroughs |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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It would be an incredibly presumptuous conceit to believe that in the infinite universe humanity would be alone in achieving sentience (almost as presumptuous as the conceit that humans are so special that they simply HAVE to be created by divine intervention). I believe that first contact will be made either through incredible coincidence by this Project or others similar to it in the future; or, we will chance upon extraterrestrial intelligence in space exploration (whether they make contact with us or vice versa). Obviously, the benefits would be incalculable - beyond silencing those religious fools, humanity would receive a good kick in its complacency. By discovering that intelligence is not alone in the universe, humanity will finally be able to break out of its stagnation and petty squabbling to realize its greater destiny. As for the dangers, they would only come into play when the intelligence races finally begin to meet on a regular basis. One must take a look into human history and the colonization of the Americas. The Manifest Destiny mindset has done incalculable damage, and whether humanity or the extraterrestrials will repeat that mistake remains to be seen.
Earth has already become a beacon through its intra-planetary transmissions, yet I believe humanity should move one step further. We should begin transmitting data that would identify Earth as home to another intelligent species (prime numbers or whatnot). Just in case an extraterrestrial race is monitoring space like SETI is.
The SETI Project is a great first step in the right direction. Those who would seek to impede human progress has already done their damage by dismantling the first SETI project; this time, the members of the rational minority of humanity must take the matter into its own hands. I will do my part. |
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