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| Personal background |
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I was born in South Africa in 1973 and moved to London, England at the age of 12. I have
been fascinated with radio astronomy ever since my dad bought me Carl Sagan's
Cosmos as a kid. One of my earliest ambitions was, in fact, to be a radio astronomer, but
my maths wasn't quite up to scratch. I now eek out a living as a computer programmer.
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| Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home |
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I am certain that E.T. life exists, but perhaps not as we know it.
If we discover it, it'll probably be because they wanted us to,
and because they've been aware of us all along but were just waiting
for us to get to the point where they had to intervene, i.e. because
we were about to waste ourselves over some childish argument about religion!
The benefits/dangers of such a discovery? -Not really worth contemplating, if
you ask me. We would have to go along with their program, and I reckon it might
just be exciting, wonderful and fun! A dream come true!
Humans should definitely be sending out a beacon. The TV broadcasts that have
radiated from Earth for trhe last 50 years are far too weak to stand out. If only
we could somehow modulate the Sun's rays, in all directions! As for what
information we should send, I think we should send out music... possibly
something by Miles Davis or Beethoven. Generally, it would
have to be something which showed that humans aren't *that* dumb. Or perhaps
a Buddhist mantra, binary coded?
I run SETI@Home because it's one of the few ways we can get together as a species
and do something that's worthwhile and effortless. |
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