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| I reside in New Hampshire, USA and will turn 51 in August, 2003. My position as a supervisor in a 9-1-1 emergency dispatch center in Massachusetts is at once fulfilling, personally rewarding and stressful. I am a professional singer and have a Karaoke business. The rural, mountainous area in which I live provides me with many recreational opportunities that I enjoy in successful efforts to relax and put my job out of mind. This computer in my log home also gives me a venue to pursue a variety of interests. My small contribution to the SETI project is one of them. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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The astronomical scale of the universe convinces me that there is extremely good probability that intelligent life exists beyond earth. As to how we might discover it I cannot imagine a technology that would enable extraterrestrials to visit us. The SETI project offers a slim chance of discovering evidence of their existence. I fear that it may be the only way it could happen. Because of the distance that will likely be involved in such a discovery the benefit would be merely a satisfaction of answering a question that has been on the minds of humans for seemingly an eternity. I see no danger to us as a result of such a discovery.
As far as humans transmitting a beacon we have been doing so increasingly since early in the last century in the form of radio waves. What better information than the images of broadcast television could we conceive that would be a better representation of life on earth? (The Osbornes notwithstanding, lol)
The SETI project meets the very definition of the phrase "a shot in the dark". So be it. The contribution I make is microscopic on the grand scale but with the more than 3 million others like you involved we may just find something. I hope the project continues until that goal is achieved. (I'm guessing funding will make a giant leap for mankind if it does) Until then, I'll continue to process the data packets and I hope you will too. |
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