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I'm a long-time believer in intelligent life in the Universe other than ourselves. It just makes sense. In this overwhelmingly vast Universe, we are the only intelligent life? I don't think so.
I'm pleased and proud to be able to take a direct roll, no matter how small, in the search for extraterrestial intelligence.
Most popular science-fiction movies portray alien intelligence as the antagonists, leading many to be unreasonably paranoid about contacting extraterrestial intelligence. I enjoy a good yarn told excitingly as anyone else, but I'm also able to differentiate between what makes money for Hollywood and what is reality. Again, it just makes sense. Why would alien intelligence look on us a threat, or be a threat to us? Is it possible that contact with an alien intelligence would be detrimental to us in some way? Yes, of course it is possible -- I just don't consider it to be a likely scenario. I believe it is more likely that such contact would ultimately be of great benefit, to humankind and, perhaps, even to the alien cultures we contact.
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