Profile: Adrian Taylor

Personal background
I live in Zambia, in Central Southern Africa, and because the level of atmospheric polution out here is so low (lights especially) you get some wonderfully unobstructed views of the night sky. If you sit quitely and let your mind wander your peripheral vision picks up shooting stars, satellites, and the impression that there's a lot more going on 'out there' than most people realise. Add a couple of beers, an active imagination and an interest in Astronomy and its difficult to picture all of that immensity evolving just for us. Throw in a few more beers and a vast appreciation for Sci Fi and the shooting stars become phasers and the satellites probes from an alien culture. Add my son to the mixture and you can see, in his eyes, a sense of wonder developing as to what we do know about the universe. Personally, its what we don't know but continually unfold that keeps the sparkle in mine.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I run SETI@home because I'v got bored of Shania Twain Screen Savers and thought 'wouldn't it be great to do something useful, have a conversation piece on my screen (that works tremendously) and hopefully, help find the 'blip' that leads to a discovery'. If the blip gets found then it means that exterrestrials are more advanced than bacteria, fungi or slime molds (my current hedge when people ask). If we make contact from the 'blip' I hope they're more ET than Alien. If we get to see them then I hope to god that they look like Shania Twain so I won't resent binning my screen saver!
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