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| I've always been a scientist/sci-fi enthusiast. I graduated with a BS in physics ten years ago and never went any further, knowing that pure research bored me but that my four years of basic physics study fascinated me and still does. I'm interested in too many things to concentrate on one subject to complete any kind of graduate degree. At present, I'm a technical writer/scuba diving instructor, two jobs that take care of the geek/tomboy trapped in one body. When I'm not writing or diving, I'm usually running or caving, two hobbies that keep me in shape and allow me to clear my mind and focus simply on the present. Carl Sagan, Frank Herbert, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Bryson have been big influences in my science and personal philosophy backgrounds. My favorite quotes would have to be Ernest Rutherford's, "All science is either physics or stamp collecting." and a quote I discovered on the internet and cannot attribute to anyone, "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car." |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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| There HAS to be other life out there. It's very self-centered of us as a race to think that we are the only life in this vast universe. Whether it be microbial or sentient, it's out there. I would love for us to make contact in my lifetime, but at the same time I'm very fearful of how our race would react to such contact. The extremists on both sides of the spectrum would ruin it, somehow. I also worry more for those extraterrestrials who visit us. There's no telling what we would do to them. I have supported SETI @ home since 1999, currently running it on my Mac G4 desktop (Apple rules!). I'm keeping my fingers crossed! |
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