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| Personal background |
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My real name is Chris Coman, although I've been going by Tieryn online for about 5 years now. I come from Perth in Western Australia, born and bred here, and I intend to live here in the future, although I'd love to travel.
I'm 19 years old, and currently studying a Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of Western Australia and greatly enjoying myself doing so. I've been using computers all my life, since my first Apple II, back when I was 2 years old.
My hobbies include basketball, of which I am an avid fan, ex player, sometimes coach and long term referee, IRC, of which I am a long term user and abuser (like a drug, not like a lamer), and a well respected member of Austnet
I also enjoy clubbing with mates, and going to raves. My music tastes vary wildly from classical, to alternative rock, to heavy metal, to dark industrial, to goth, to electronica, to trance. I'm a guitarist and vocalist and enjoy all sorts of music. Some of my favourite bands and artists include the Smashing Pumpkins, the Smiths, Nine Inch Nails, and Placebo.
I keep myself busy running a small business as well while I study, I sell custom designed computers to individuals and small businesses, and also do on-site tech support and repair. I currently live in a rather large house by the beach with my housemate Tom. |
| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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Yes, I completely believe that extraterrestrial life exists. The universe is simply too large and our own society too simplistic on a grand scale of things, for there not to be other life forms out there.
There are many possible benefits and dangers of the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence, the least of which being human nature. Unfortunately the masses tend to fear things that they do not understand or that are different; take the oppression of black people in America for instance. For no good reason, other than the colour of their skin, they have been persecuted for generations. Imagine then, the feelings of the common populace when we encounter lifeforms that may not even look remotely human.
There are possible benefits, if we can see past our ingrained narrow mindedness and accept with open arms what alien cultures have to offer. We can only progess through the sharing of information that would better benefit both cultures, in technology and in social life.
Of course, the option of the holywood aliens, hellbent on destroying Earth for no better reason than it makes a good movie is there as an option, but I hold some hope for the universe, that any beings who have progressed far enough to traverse the vast reaches of space, have also emotionally and spiritually grown enough to encompass and embrace alien (to them) cultures.
Yes, I believe human's should transmit a beacon, I believe, well, I hope that we are socially apt enough to be able to deal with the ramifications of alien life if it found us. I think the benefits we could gain far outweight the risks of finding a hostile enemy in the skies. However, if a hostile enemy is what we find, we are woefully underdeveloped in terms of defending ourselves against an attack from space, however, I see the chances of this occuring as minimal, and the benefits to be gained from a friendly contact with neighbours advanced enough to travel and detect us would far outweight the risks of being attacked.
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