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| Personal background |
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| Born in October 1967. Resides in Springboro Pennsylvania. Employed as a Paramedic Supervisor by the West County Paramedic Association. Also works as a programmer/analyst for several small organizations in the emergency services field. Helped deploy the first 911 system in Erie County. Later served on a county-wide task force to create the enhanced 911 system that went online in 1993. Hobbies include retro-computing, model rocketry, and pirate radio. Very interested in the history of space exploration, astronomy, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Enjoys science fiction, particularly the works of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, and other "classic" sci-fi authors. Confirmed "Trekkie." Three children, presently single. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I think that the existance of extraterrestrial life is a given: We have some evidence that life may have existed on Mars and we have found life everywhere we looked on Earth and in every imaginable extreme of climate. There is life embedded in the rocks of Earth's crust and floating high in the stratosphere. We have life in our sea and life in geothermal vents and life on our icecaps. Life is everywhere you look.
The question of extraterrestrial intelligence is harder to answer. One might argue against the existance of intelligent life on Eath... How would an alien intelligence manifest itself? We imagine that Whales and Dolphins are intelligent -- they live much closer than another planet, but we still haven't much in common to talk about. :-)
Humans will discover extraterrestrial life by accident. We probably already have but don't recognize it (yet.) The potential benefits of extraterrestrial life are unimaginable -- it all depends on how we choose to exploit the opportunity. Likewise, the dangers are many: alien disease, introduction of non-native plants and animals, not to mention "little green men with laser-guns" come to mind.
For better or worse, we've already announced our presence for anybody that cares to listen. The cacophany of electromagnetic radiation from Earth would deafen anyone using a "big dish" within 20 parsecs. Just in case they missed the radio and television broadcasts, we've also sent the occassional "bright: burst of light and hard radiation from our nuclear tests.
SETI@home is a unique opportunity for the layman to make a real contribution to hard science. I run SETI@home in an attempt to "do my part" for the advancement of our collective understanding.
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