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| I'm 40 (soon to be 41, ho hum). I was born in Peckham London, but I now live in the fair county of Hampshire. I work in IT and have done so since 1986, but I am also a chef and love to cook. While I am considered single by the authorities I live with my long term partner Wendy. My main hobby is astronomy and I own a very nice four inch refractor, I also dabble with water-colours but I'm not very good. I also enjoy making models from WW1 and WW2 both static and remote controlled. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Does life exist beyond our planet, I think it does but it may be quite a surprise to us as to the form that it takes. Indeed it may not be what we expect or hope for. I think it will be very hard for us to discover life but scanning for radio signals and other forms of communications stands as good a chance as any. When will we discover life, I think it is going to be a long haul to discover what we in human terms would consider intelligent life but I do believe we will get there in the end. As for benefits that is hard to quantify really, but as to the dangers will there be mass panic and how will religious groups react. We humans are such fickle beasts that it is hard to know what the reaction will be (an interesting conundrum).
A beacon, hmmmm, we have been transmitting ever since the radio was invented (at least). Take this into account and then television and goodness knows what else (nuclear tests etc.) we are already shining like a beacon. How far have the earliest signals got?
I run SETI@home because I feel that it is a worthwhile project. I like to think that in some small way I am helping in a great scientific study. |
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