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| Personal background |
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| I am presently a teacher at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. I have taught at both the university and high school level and find the high school level to be more personally satisfying. My interests extend beyond my areas of expertise in teaching (Physics, Astronomy & Mathematics). Most of my graduate work has been focused on the history and philosophy of mathematics and science. I am especially interested in seventeenth-century analytic geometry and astronomy. My more recreational interests include particle physics, cosmology, philosophy of education, mountain biking, hiking, and gothic horror fiction (Poe, Lovecraft et al.). At present I am helping to design a new Astronomy Course at TCS along with a new observatory to compliment the course. The observatory will be operational by September 2003. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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1. I think that is very likely that extra-terrestrial life exists. Given the enormous size of the universe and diversity of conditions under which life flourishes on Earth, I think that it is only a matter of time before we discover evidence of life elsewhere. Moreover, intelligent life is quite likely to be discovered also.
2. I think that we are already a "noisy planet" in terms of signal transmission. This makes further attempts to transmit messages somewhat unnecessary. If we did decide on an active attempt to communicate, it could include a collection of physical and mathematical constants in a variety of number bases (who says everyone uses base 10?).
3. I think that the SETI@home Project is an excellent way to divide the enormous computational labor up amongst many interested amateurs. I presently run the software on my home system (iMac). The school's new observatory will also run the SETI@home software on its new graphics station (2GHz Dual G5 Mac). |
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